Being Random

We spent a day last week at Disneyland in California with people of all shapes and sizes; ethnicities, countries and religions. Some people spoke English, while others didn't.

It was hot and crowded. We stood in lines. A perfect formula for tempers to flare or at least for folks to get a little testy.

But I didn't hear anyone shouting "send them back" or "go home."

Just sayin...

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David Ortiz is out of the hospital and still there is no "real" story about what happened.

While many in the media and elsewhere threw water on the explanation from Dominican authorities that Ortiz was shot my mistake, no one has yet to offer solid proof that the story was all a cover-up to protect the retired Red Sox star.

Even the reports that have been written that claim to tell the true story -- like a recent piece in Sports Illustrated -- fail to reveal anything new.

You have to admit that it stretches the imagination that a country like the Dominican could engineer a false story of this magnitude and keep the lid on it.

It's entirely possible that the shooter was just incompetent. He wouldn't be the first hit man to swing and miss.

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I've crossed one item off the Bucket List that I wrote about a few weeks ago. After 20 years of waiting, I finally have an outdoor shower.  It's probably not that big a deal to most of you, but as a city boy it's one of those things that says Cape Cod to me.

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Does it seem strange to you that there are so many unusual happenings with the weather these days? Tornadoes on Cape Cod? Really? Is this the sudden culmination of climate change or something that years from now people will look back on and declare that 2019 was just a weird year?

As Mark Twain said, "Climate is what we can expect. Weather is what we get."

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Somehow this doesn't seem right. The number one song in 1969 was "Sugar, Sugar" by the Archies. "Honky Tonk Women" by the Stones was number 4.  The Doors' "Touch Me" was number 49.

"Sweet Caroline" finished at 22 for the year.

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Given the traffic, I was kind of surprised to read that vacation rentals on Cape Cod are down this year  because people are afraid of potential shark attacks. I've also seen that the backyard pool business has seen an uptick for the same reason.

My friend environmental writer Todd McLeish recently explained on his blog that not too long ago there was concern that the shark population was dwindling. You can his post here.