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Soccer and TKD
Elliot had a big day today. He spent three hours this morning testing for his green belt. Lisa said the board-breaking was a bit of a challenge for him...but so it was for the adult who was testing for the same belt too. He made it to the soccer field just as the game started. He played really well despite being tired and having almost nothing for lunch...running all over the field, scoring a goal and also playing some great defense. Hardly any balls made it past mid-field on his watch. Here are some photos:
Always Under Review
A couple weeks back the LA Times ran a story of the same title, an interesting and rare behind-the-scenes look at an NFL officiating crew as it prepared to work a game. Sports nuts should give it a read. The degree to which the officials' performance is scrutinized by the league is interesting...they're even graded on how "athletic and tidy" they look in uniform.
Can I Get a Little Applause in the Monitors, Please?
Back when we were the vanguard of the nascent Lipscomb grunge scene, I got the idea for a joke. After the first song of a performance, a band is greeted by a tepid response. Instead of asking for louder vocals or whatever, the band asks the sound man: "Can I get a little applause in the monitors?" Actually, I think my rocking days were over by the time I got that inspiration, but maybe Matt put that line to use when I gave it to him.
Anyway, today's article titled "On Stump, Low-Key Thompson Stirs Few Sparks" by Adam Nagourney in the NY Times jogged my memory about that joke:
Twenty-four minutes after he began speaking in a small restaurant the other day, Fred D. Thompson brought his remarks to a close with a nod of his head and an expression of thanks to Iowans for allowing him to “give my thoughts about some things.”
Then he stood face to face with a silent audience.
“Can I have a round of applause?” Mr. Thompson said, drawing a rustle of clapping and some laughter.
“Well, I had to drag that out of you,” he said.
Knoxville 2007
We never showed any photos from the Nashville-KY-Knoxville trip we took in August...After a few days at the Lake Cumberland Resort, we spent the last weekend of our vacation in Knoxville. Saturday night UT's Christian Student Center (CSC) was having a cook-out at the World's Fair site, so we went with the Bells.
At one point, a bunch kids (including Finn) were chasing a huge beach volleyball around the field. I was sitting in a lawn chair and watching. A few minutes later, Lisa and I realized that we couldn't see Finn. We gazed around the big field but still couldn't see him. Each of us and a few of our friends scattered looking for him. Lisa went into the men's restroom looking for him. We couldn't find him. Now it's about 5 minutes later, and we're about to start panicking and calling the police. At that point I see Finn walking towards us with our friend Kelly. She said that she had seen a small kid walking outside the park, just past the spray park. She ran to him, and sure enough it was Finn. He had crossed a small street and was walking down the sidewalk. He couldn't really explain why he had walked off.
What a relief to find him! We decided to get each of us one of the Road ID's (link) to wear when I'm biking by myself, Lisa is walking by herself, Elliot is at soccer practice or Tae Kwon Do, we're at an amusement park, or wherever.
Here are some photos from Knoxville: 
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