Cover Weekend and Other Monday Musings

Benjamin Strait as Eric Reid and Emily Beck as Princess Tamani posing for a possible cover to Eric Reid & the Time Team.

It was very exciting!  We actually got out to take pictures for an ebook cover for something I wrote!  My son, Benjamin, is posing with Emily Beck, the daughter of my good friend Kimberly Back.  Emily is the outstanding young actress who recently played in Anne Frank in Purlie Production's presentation of The diary of Anne Frank,

I now have potential covers for Eric Reid & the Time Team, and also Old Pat T and the Great Bathroom Wars and Other Tales of my Youngin' Days!  When will I actually get them on Amazon?  I don't know.  I pretty much need a full day to handle the problems and aggravations that will occur in trying to set them up.  When that will happen is any one's guess.

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After the "photo shoot" we went to a new restaurant in Waycross, Thai Smiles II (I being in Folkston).  Was the food good?  Yes.  But more importantly, the service was exemplary.  You really got the impression that they were glad to see you and eager to keep you happy.  Maybe that's why they call it Thai "Smiles".   They get the Strait/Beck seal of approval, and will definitely be a part of our restaurant rotation.

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With Green Bay's unfortunate loss, the football season comes to an end at the Strait household.  We like Green Bay because it's the only fan-owned professional football team.  It's a fantastic idea that helps sustains the Packer's remarkable success in the smallest media market, in a city far smaller than any other pro team.  It's so successful that I wish other teams would emulate it.  If so, maybe St. Louis could have kept it's team (their original team - the Cardinals).  But surprise! - the billionaires that own the other teams have forbidden the  Green Bay scenario of ownership from ever happening again.  Disgusting.

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The Democratic Debate last night was very illuminating.  I don't see how Hillary Clinton expects to win my vote by conceding that she is willing to settle for half measures, particularly concerning true universal health care.  Yes, we need a President (and Congress) that is willing to compromise, but we don;t need to start the negotiations with Republicans on our five yard line.

This is what I got out of the debate - Sanders is for revolutionary change (hello, Tomorrowland!), Clinton is for evolutionary change (hello, 1990s!), and the Republicans are for devolutionary change (hello, 13th century feudalism!).

Your call, America,

Until next time,

T. M. Strait