Too Much Information

How can a man say he has too many women in his life?  It happened to me.

We were driving to a new destination (for us), guided by our GPS Garmin.  Aloma also had her iPhone 6+ set  for the same destination.  At one intersection, the female voice from the Garmin said to turn left.  The female voice from the iPhone said to go straight.  Aloma shouted, “I know where we are.  Turn right.”  Three female voices were shouting at me to turn, but in different directions.

What did I do?  I pulled over to the curb and stopped the car.  I asked Aloma to turn off the iPhone.  We would use the Garmin for direction.  She got the hint, turned off the iPhone and was quiet.  We arrived at our destination in minutes.

The iPhone gave us a chuckled on the Interstate.  It announces trouble ahead, like debris in the road, an accident or a car on the shoulder.  It suddenly announced, “Antelope on the side of the road.”  A minutes later we saw a dead deer on the shoulder.  Too bad for the deer but we both had a good laugh.

Seasoned Man

Stevelem117@gmail.com

The Phoenix Rises

I enjoyed the soccer game of my grandson, Ben, last week and thought of the following description of the game on my drive home.  Maybe the grandfather of another player would write it differently?  So what.  This is the way I remember it.

Under the bright lights, the wispy fog drifting across the pitch during a damp November evening, the Raleigh Charter School faced an epic struggle to advance to the third round of the Sectional Soccer Tournament.  Fifteen minutes into the game, without a score, concerned Coach Grosso looked to his bench for a solution, calling for number 27, midfielder, freshman Ben Balint-Kurti.  

Ben immediately changed the flow of the game with good defense, precision passing and two excellent shots on goal.  Ten-minutes later, Raleigh Charter was up by two goals.

With the starters back in for the second half, the team sputtered.  Coach Grosso didn’t wait, sending in his freshman midfielder.  After another display of effective passing, the Phoenix scored two goals, icing the game, assuring a trip to round three of the tournament, exciting the supporters filling the bleachers.

The legend of the Phoenix was verified again for Raleigh Charter, thanks to the excellent play of Ben Balint-Kurti.

Grantland Rice   a.k.a. Grandpa Steve

Seasoned Man

Stevelem117@gmail.com