Little man is watching hockey with me right now.

“High sticking, tripping, slashing, spearing, charging, hooking, fighting, unsportsmanlike conduct, interference, roughing — everything else is just figure skating.”

- Anonymous

Monday observations: If you say the blessing over the food, do you have to do it again when eating leftovers? And if you do, are you saying you don’t believe it was blessed the first time?

“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.”

- Victor Hugo

Sunday observation: OT hockey in the Stanley Cup Playoffs is the greatest thing in sports. Unless your team is playing in that OT game.

“It’s good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it’s good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven’t lost the things that money can’t buy.”

- George Lorimer

High School Sports in 2020

(Photo by Bill Higgins) This past week High School volleyball started its season here in Texas. While players, coaches, parents and sports journalists (like myself) are excited to be back at the stadium, its important to know something. Sports in 2020 is going to look a lot different than it did in the past. We all should know this already. Our lives have been drastically changed to due the virus that shall not-be-named.

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“Never spend your money before you have earned it.”

- Thomas Jefferson

One of many problems for a sports fan: Hockey playoff games that start at 9:30pm and your alarm is set to go off at 3:30am. I made it through two periods (11:20pm) before I finally crashed.

“Without music, life would be a mistake.”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

“If you fail to prepare, you’re prepared to fail.”

- Mark Spitz

Eragon!!!

“The only way to prove you are a good sport is to lose.”

- Ernie Banks

Finally about to get my 2019 taxes finished.

Apple Pay is so convenient. Especially when ordering something online.

“You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.”

- Michael Jordan

This might be the most precious thing you will Watch all year!

“My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.”

- 2 Corinthians 12:9