My orange blood boiled yesterday. From excitement! Syracuse beat Florida State. Handily, 30-7.
Mighty Casey did not strike out!
Florida State had won the previous 11 encounters between the schools.
Was Syracuse that good or was Florida State that bad? A combination, I suspect. The test comes in future games. Next week Connecticut. A Syracuse victory. The following week, Clemson. Who knows. A real test.
Star quarterback Eric Dungey got hurt again. Second quarter. Freshman Tom DeVito went in. What a game DeVito played!
It is exciting that well played football is returning to Syracuse. It has been a long time. If my recollection is correct, the late 1990’s was the last time the team experienced golden years. Duncan McNabb’s time.
Spent my Saturday night at Blue Macaw. Enjoyed!
Met Jean Paul. A Hatian by birth. Came to the U.S. at 19. Now 61. Entertained last night. Played and sang.
Jean Paul multi-talented. A musician and artist. Showed me some of his paintings. Magnificent! Paints his homeland in vibrant colors. He has an outdoor gallery on Duval across the street from Hard Rock Cafe.
The story is told that when Jean Paul came to the U.S. at 19, the family settled in a flat in Brooklyn. Cold! Colder than that apparently. Jean Paul was accustomed to Haitian heat.
We talked long. I like Jean Paul. Sense we will be friends.
Andrea and Joe were at the bar. We sat together. Good people!
Paul was there again with his sister Laura and brother in law Dennis. They escaped Florence. They are from Myrtle Beach.
Laura a former first grade school teacher. Dennis retired from the Post Office.
Larry Baeder played later in the evening. I learned Larry is quite a giving man. Generous of his time. He works gratis teaching the young children at the Community Center music and how to play musical instruments.
I did a Publix stop on the way home. It was 9:50. Publix closes at 10. I moved my ass around fast enough to spend $70 and be out the door at 9:59. The third time I have done late late night shopping recently.
Florence ain’t going away! More and worse flooding for several days yet. Those who failed to leave now being rescued by first responders.
I hope everything works out as Trump projected. The number of people requiring assistance grows by day. I question whether there will be sufficient shelter, water and food. I question preparations for Florence’s arrival. There was sufficient time to be ready.
Trump enjoys twittering. As of this coming thursday, he will have a new toy. Referred to as the Presidential Alert System.
A law was authorized in 2015 establishing an Emergency Alert System. Using cell phones. Provides for immediate contact by the President warning of disasters.
The system is for Presidential use. The subject matter must relate to a natural disaster, act of terrorism, other man made disasters, or a threat to public safety.
A good idea. My concern is whether Trump will abuse the new system. Use it as he uses Twitter. Probably.
FEMA will test the new system next Thursday for the first time.
There are good people in the world. We do not hear of them enough. I came across one this morning while glancing through John Reinke’s Jasper Jottings.
Dennis Frandsen is a mid west successful banker. His bank has 35 branches in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Luck Public School is located in Wisconsin. This year’s graduating class will number 34. Frandsen has guaranteed each graduate a free college education. He will pay tuition for at least 2 years at a technical college.
The U.S. and Russia are pushing at each other in Syria. Let me share one person’s thoughts.
Ian Welsh is a Canadian blogger I follow. He recently wrote Syria could be straining the already strained U.S./Russia relationship. Russia together with Iran support Assad. The U.S. supports the rebels.
Saber rattling going on. Rumors afloat that Assad plans to use chemical weapons against the rebels. Trump has clearly said the U.S. will retaliate if he does. Russia is pushing Assad.
Welsh thinks the U.S. could lose in a fighting conflict with Russia. The basis for his belief is that the U.S. has fallen behind re missiles and missile defense technology. I believe him correct that the U.S. is behind missile wise.
Welsh describes Trump’s position as follows: He is against getting into a war with Russia “but he seems to have become deranged about Syria’s Iran ties…..U.S. foreign policy…..is doing what Saudi Arabia and Israel want, not what is good for the U.S.”
Sloan coming at noon. A busy afternoon ahead.
Enjoy your Sunday!