This is ridiculous. The USA team has just lost to Ghana. Why? An inappropriate penalty kick, a USA team not playing with consistent intensity throughout the game, and poor sportsmanship from Ghanaians rolling around in feigned pain. Absolutely ridiculous.

 So I’m on my way home to San Antonio. In between College Station and Caldwell, I pass a dilatory thing attempting to cross the road. It was a big turtle or terrapin. I soon realized after passing it that if nothing was done this turtle was not going to make it across the road. I turn my car around, drive a quarter mile back, cross back over, hoping it was still in one piece. It was. I pull over, right next to it, push on my hazard lights, and get out of my car.

 It was funny. Every time a car would pass it would retract all its extremities in to its shell and then reemerge just to soon pull itself back in to the shell.

 Well I’m standing there behind my white car, facing the turtle, which was getting ever closer to the centre line, in full day light. Several cars passed, seeing what I was doing they did not hit it. Then I waited for one last car to pass. I’m staring at the turtle, then look at the car, it was right in the auto’s path. 

 How could one not see this big turtle and a fellow on the side of the road with his hazard lights on and still not avoid it? I had driven by with the same perspective, I could see the turtle.

 Well as the title indicates, the turtle was soon obliterated and crushed. Its shell smashed open with a gaping hole exposing its shiny, raw viscera. For a moment its head perked up, but soon dropped as death took a moment to catch up to the pitiful creature.

 I was pissed, but helpless.

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in Ukraine	in Chile
in Thailand	in College Station

Saturday I had the pleasure and the honor to join my friends Mario and Fernanda for a Brazilian barbecue. I brought the farofa (casava flour) and they brought the rest: vinagrete, picanha, pork, and rice. It was AMAZING! Coupled with the Argentina vs Ivory Coast game, I had an excellent afternoon.

So far I have viewed eight of the ten games this past weekend. Congratulations Trinidad & Tobago and “Bravo Mexico!” All summed together with today’s match I participated in this afternoon with people from AFC and the international community, I had a wonderful weekend.

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A week ago two friends, Lisa W, Haley (recently arrived from Chiang Mai, Thailand), and I had the opportunity to visit some friends from Thailand. The three Thais, Neung (pictured), Gahn, and Wi are working at a Christian camp called Camp Tejas in Giddings.Neung or P’Neung was one of my guides while I was on AFCO in Chiang Mai. It’s been about two years since we had seen each other. It’s always good to meet up with friends I have not seen for quite some time. I have a great memory of riding around on the back of her motor bike at night seeing the sights of Chiang Mai.

A week later, ie yesterday, a group of us went out to Camp of the Hills to see the crucifixion reenactment and visit with friends. It was good to see Amanda, Erin, Robert, Josh, and others. Robert, as always, was styling in a two tone robe as a high priest of the Jews.

At the moment, I am supposed to be studying for a test, but I got distracted by a game for a bit. I often play this brilliantly simple yet fun game when I have nothing to do. I do not advocate harming animals, it’s a game.

Play Kitten Cannon
Kittens are friends not food.