Doing the Right Thing. The Change of Season. Gender and Gender Identification. A Wounded Warrior. The Violin at its Best.
- Quote of the Week: If character is what you do when no one is watching, then sportsmanship is that conduct with everybody watching. – Bob Ley
When in the moment, with competitive juices flowing, sportsmanship is not always top-of-mind. Sure, archery is different than basketball, and swimming different than soccer, but no matter the competition an athlete’s behavior can sometimes go sideways. Criticism of an athlete’s bad behavior is warranted, but many times they are not recognized for their sportsmanship, even in the heat of battle. Fair play is great to watch.
Speaking of sports:
- The English Premier League and other European leagues started this weekend.
- College football starts Saturday with Florida State and Georgia Tech meeting in Dublin.
- Pro football opens with the Ravens and Chiefs on Thursday night, September 5.
- Tennis’ best tournament, The U.S. Open, starts next weekend.
- Golf’s FedEx Championship culminates at Atlanta’s East Lake Country Club starting August 29th.
- Major League Baseball and Major League Soccer head into their last month of the regular season before the playoffs.
- The National Basketball Association and National Hockey League will get into gear with their schedules in late October.
The upcoming sports landscape and the change of season make Fall a great time of the year.
- And more sports:
Everyone on the JustMyTake distribution list comes from different backgrounds with varying skill sets. All of you are very smart, and I would like your input on a top-of-mind subject.
I need help from you understanding the heated gender debate, again prominent in the news with the Algerian boxer who competed at the Paris Olympics. Accused of being a biological male, Imane Khelif competed in the women’s boxing program at the Olympics and created quite the controversy, though her father provided a birth certificate verifying her gender as female.
My question: do X and Y chromosomes dictate gender and is gender the same as gender identification? I am all good with whatever people want and need to be…I am just asking if gender identification dictates one’s gender? I have no take on the video below – I just found it interesting. What is your take?
- One more thing about sports and heroism. The Savannah Bananas, for great reasons, are getting worldwide attention for their ongoing performances and antics on the baseball field. The also do a tremendous amount of charity work, and honor veterans anytime they can. Here is one very heroic veteran who appeared with those crazy Savannah Bananas. The Savannah Bananas
- I have a diverse relationship with technology and application software. The list below only touches the surface of the variable applications we have access to on an everyday basis.
- The Microsoft suite: Office, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.
- Internet browsers: Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Internet Explorer.
- Music software: Pandora, Apple Music, Spotify.
- Communication software. Slack, Skype, Zoom, Teams, SharePoint, Instagram.
I have seen this relevant and sort of humorous post over the last few years. Did I write relevant? Never more than in today’s world does this hold true.
- For this week’s Pure Talent, we enjoy a ten-year-old and her violin. She joins the airport entertainer to play Vivaldi. Antonio Lucio Vivaldi was an Italian composer and violinist, best known for violin concertos known as The Four Seasons. This young lady stops the crowd with her awe-inspiring abilities on the violin. That performance is Pure Talent.