The Sunday Stealing this week is Countdown from 5.
FIVE people who mean the world to you.
- My daughter is studying abroad in South Africa for a semester. On Friday, my birthday, I talked to her for about two hours on WhatsApp, during which she talked about all sorts of adventures she’s experiencing.
2. My two sisters called me on Friday.
3. One of my oldest friends, whom I have only known since kindergarten, called me on Friday.
4. The 200 odd – and they are odd! -people who either messaged me on Facebook or commented on my blog on Thursday through today to wish me a happy birthday
5. My wife took me to dinner on Friday at a nice restaurant only a block from our house. By the way, it was extraordinarily windy! As we were leaving, we saw our old buddies Ruth and David. When I reach the end of the year’s survey, it will ask, “What did you do on your birthday?” I will merely point to this post.
FOUR things you fear.
- Global warming, climate change, or whatever term you wish to use, less for me and more for my daughter and my nieces
2. Many people cannot discern the difference between rumor, misinformation, disinformation, and verifiable facts; it is usually possible to do so.
3. The inequitable distribution of wealth and access to food and basic medical care allow diseases that should be eradicated to exist. Hear John Green read the first chapter of Everything Is Tuberculosis, his seventh book. Read
4. The disintegration of democracy in the United States and Europe
Hayes, Andrews, Williams, Bell, Richards
THREE words to describe how you feel right now.
2. Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
TWO things you’re excited about.
- The project
2.
I completed another 100 Wordle games early Saturday morning, with zero ones, 10 twos, 41 threes, 41 fours, eight fives, zero sixes, and, most importantly, zero sevens, taking an average of 3.47 turns.
ONE thing you’d like to say to someone.
- I Love Everybody, especially you.
Blast off!
“Thank you for playing! Please come back next week.”