The Human side of Humanity

Hello readers and followers.  I have been letting this build up over the last couple of weeks as the trial of a monster disguised as a doctor has been ongoing.  Going a bit further the trial was really of a system, an institution and its negligence, ignorance and passivity.  At the end there is a true Heroine.  Some of you may recall from prior blogs, my constant indictment of USA Gymnastics (USAG).  A "not so governing" body that should be totally dismantled, destroyed and completely rebuilt.  There are about 155 young women who can do the job better.  They are victims. Larry Nassar- the monster who preyed on the athletes, the young women he was supposed to protect and heal from injuries.  Nassar had a medical degree to hide his lascivious actions- he was the USA Gymnastics Team doctor, the Michigan State University (MSU) athletic department doctor who was protected and revered while he abused and harmed the young women he was supposed to treat...

Hello readers and followers.  We are now at the edge of January and February and it has been over a month since my last entry.  There have been many times that I was ready to share with all of you but it just was not time.  I have some vitriol that will be shared but now is not that time.  You may recall that my great friend Gale, "Coach" died the week of Thanksgiving holiday here in the states.    I met Gale by way of my best living friend Jeff.  We were quite a crew of three.  The Core 3.   We were the core three of an ever changing group that would go to Central NY, fish, drink, poke, joke and have a good time for 15 years. We used to pass the responsibility of planning the annual "big trip" as we called it amongst the three of us.  Eventually, Jeff assumed responsibility for the planning some 6-7 years ago.  Occasionally two of the three of us would meet, sometimes all three aside from the big trip.  We didn't always...