Okay. Scott, You know I'm thinking. U. V. The have to start thinking about your cell and you have to do that very seriously speak as thinking about it. Other people like me away is not going to do you any good, what you'd will would really good is when you think about yourself and I'm sure there are two different things. You couldn't do that you will find interesting,

West Point Tri August 16. Summer always goes too fast. Smoke you there.

• 1 lb dry black beans
• 1 lb ground beef
• 2 Vidalia or spanish onions, medium size
• 3 oz olive oil
• 2 italian peppers
• 2 jalapeno peppers
• 3 lbs tomatoes (ripe)
• 1 tbs salt
• 2 tbs ground cumin
• 1 tbs hot sauce (Tabasco®)
• 5 oz balsamic vinegar
• 1/3 tsp ground sage
• 1 tsp cornstarch (optional)

Soak beans in 4 cups water overnight. Put beans in a large pot and add two more cups of water, cover, bring to a boil, reduce heat and cook for 50 minutes. Set aside.

Put olive oil into a large pot and heat. Dice onions, add to pot, turn heat high. Mince ground beef into onions, stir. Add salt, cumin, hot sauce and sage. Stir. Dice italian peppers and jalapeno peppers and add to pot. Stir. Continue heating until beef is brown and onions are transparent, approximately 7 minutes, depending on heat output of your range. Liquify tomatoes and balsamic vinegar in Cuisinart or blender and add to pot. Stir. Cover, bring mixture to a boil. Drain beans and add to pot. Stir. Add cornstarch, stir, cover and reduce heat to simmer. Simmer for 40 minutes. Serve over rice.

"the more equality there is in the race for inequality, the more intense the race and the less the inequality which results from the consequent rewards. That means less and less distinction for more and more men of distinction."

I think perhaps he was wrong about this, or maybe the idea that there could be equality in the race for inequality is the conceit. Life is more complicated than that. Inequality has gotten greater, not less, and the rewards of hard work remain uneven.

Weird thought other day while jogging - what is the opposite of love? Yea, no, it's not hate - love and hate are, well, sort of the same thing. An intense fixation, familiarity, fascination, repulsion. The opposite of love and hate would probably be indifference.