Some people do not know how to lose. They stomp and whine and point fingers. I think their parents probably didn’t know how to teach them about losing. I call it the Balloon Theory. When a 4 year old lets go of a balloon, would you a: get him another balloon, b:comfort him and tell him “better luck next time”? The answer is B. Kids need to know that letting go, not paying attention, etc. causes stuff to happen they may not like. That way they learn to deal with it. The kid that always gets a replacement learns nothing. Only that life is easy.
I thought of all this because my wife lost her mother last week. She passed away after a long illness. I don’t know what was harder, watching her get sick and weaker for such a long time, or now actually not having her around. I hate both. I hate seeing my daughter broken up because she lost a very important person to her. But, I know where she is, I know she was ready, and I cherish the great lady she was, and she will not be forgotten, I promise.
Kudos to Brandon Johnson at the Wausau 525 event this last weekend, as he bested some fast snow-racers in the TLR 400 class. An old hand at racing, Rich Bickle was on hand, and only one driver, Nic Dolezal bested Rich in the 600 class. I hope the non-winners handled it ok…
Also, kudos to the quick info up on that Wausau 525 site, concise and complete. Nice.
Nascar is making all their “secret” fines public. Paul Menard was one of the guys quoted in support of the new rule. I don’t really have an opinion on that, just that considering the astronomical pay scale at that level, something more painful like getting suspended would be even better.
About 18 weeks till we race around here, the lakes are frozen, and I do NOT ice fish. I stay in the comfy environs of my living room and catch up on TV series that I missed in the summer. Right now it is Warehouse 13. They always win. I hope you do, to!
