Broken Area - Episode 2, Think Happy Thoughts and Play The Ukulele

After today's events it is hard to have any words, (though I do at the end of this episode).  So we tried to change the subject to some happy stuff.  Isabelle started us out with a ukulele number.  She bought it last week, at, of all places, Future Shop.  I wonder if she can got the extended warranty....

Isabelle also talked about her progress learning Arabic, which is pretty cool.  I have enough trouble with English...

And, as promised, at the end I rant about guns, gun culture and why you can't carry mustard gas around with you.  

Let us know how you like Episode 2.

Comments

[merelyjim]

# Glad the house is getting back to normal.

# On guns; couldn't agree more. There will be a national conversation about this, but you might want to cover your ears. People without logic on their side tend to scream the loudest.

# Give the kids an extra hug...

-jim, Fort Worth, Texas

[Dave Brodbeck]

Hey Jim

The whole thing has me dumbfounded. We are so much alike, Canadians and Americans, perhaps more alike than any two peoples in the Western World. But, there are a couple of big differences, and this is the biggest. I honestly cannot get my head around it.

The kids got an extra hug yesterday. Hey we even get a dryer today!

[Rachel]

The ukulele is a fun instrument, and I love the summery vibe it gives off. :)

The "ktb" root means "write" in Hebrew, too! A "ketubah" is a written marriage contract; "Ketuvim" (b and v are the same letter in Hebrew, differentiated by a diacritical mark) is the final section of the Jewish sacred books and literally means "writings".

Personally, I think it's time to put the idea of repealing the Second Amendment on the table. At the very least, there wouldn't be that cudgel to aim at any reasonable regulation.