Mon.-Thurs., August 10-13, 2026
We'll start this post with an appropriate quote from Buddha for all of our grandchildren.
"If you observe deeply, everything is your teacher."
I hope that they will all remember this as the 2026-27 school year kicked off this week.
Kevin started school on Monday
This is his traditional First Day of School photo as he takes off to his Freshman year at Sierra Vista H.S. in Las Vegas.
Go Mountain Lions GO!
Jacob started school on Wednesday
This is his traditional First Day of School photo as he takes off to his Freshman year at Camarillo H.S. in California.
Go Scorpions GO!
Mary starts school next Wednesday
She is seen here setting up her new locker at Las Colinas Middle School.
Go Mustangs GO!
Mary is going to run on the
LCMS Cross Country team
Our Friday afternoon's will soon become quite hectic.
On Thursday, I attended the Saugus H.S. Centurions at Rio Mesa H.S. Spartans' Varsity football scrimmage.
This Record Board was new for me
Rio Mesa has such a RICH tradition in Track and Field thanks to coaches Rick Torres and Brian FitzGerald.
On to the scrimmage . . .
Centurions attempting a PAT
Saugus returning a Kickoff
Saugus lining up for a Kickoff
A lovely evening for a scrimmage
Notice that this Spartans OL can't
bear to look as he gouges out the
Centurions DL's eyes
This may be an illegal technique. I'm not 100% sure what the high school rules are on the subject nowadays.
Leaving after a good scrimmage for
both teams on this hot August night
The European Flag Football
Championships started in
Düsseldorf, Germany on Thursday
This will be a great tournament for all of these EuroBall teams in preparation for the XXXIV Summer Olympiad in Los Angeles in 2028.
Spain's Women's Team, under
the leadership of good friend
Coach Daniel Castañon, had
a great first day
Spain had wins over Nigeria
and Australia in Group B play
The Spanish club (2-0) had a 1-0 forfeit win over Nigeria and defeated Australia, 34-25.
On Friday they will face a tough battle vs. the team from the USA (2-0).
That's the flag of American Samoa
in the top right corner
It was good to see Team Italy at 2-0 on the Men's side on Day 1 after beating Great Britain, 21-12, and Panama, 45-36.
European Football Alliance
Semifinals are this coming weekend
Both games will be played in Frankfurt, Germany, one on Saturday and the other on Sunday.
Saturday's game sees the heavily favored Munich Ravens (9-1) taking on the Frankfurt Galaxy (4-6). In their two regular season contests, the Ravens won easily, 45-26 in Frankfurt and 38-5 in Munich.
On Sunday, the red hot Nordic Storm (9-1) will test the measure of the Paris Musketeers (4-6). In their two previous 2026 meetings, the Storm dominated the Musketeers, 48-16 in Copenhagen and 41-3 in Paris.
It is easy to see a Munich Ravens vs. Nordic Storm final.
Speaking of red hot . . .
Sicily's Mt. Etna was at it again
this week
Laurie and I both pray for the
safety of our old Catania Elephants
friends and their families
Spectacular but scary.
The first ever AP College Football Poll
came out 90 years ago
Yale, Duquesne, St. Mary's, Fordham, Holy Cross, Marquette
Those were the days . . .
The 2026 AP College Football Poll
Only USC, Notre Dame, LSU and Texas A&M appear in both of these polls.
Now for some Facebook inspired fun.
A renegade uniform company posted mock-up uniform schemes for the imaginary Latin American Football League.
Tell me what you think, would you already have a favotite?
Mexico's Monterey Mariachi
I wonder if they could get Antonio Banderas' Mariachi band to reunite and play at their first home game?
Mexico's Guadalajara Gauchos
Gauchos in Mexico?
The Mexico City Luchadores
Easily the best mascot in Mexico.
The Guatemala City Queztals
Our first team in Central America has a color scheme that I, for one, like.
The Costa Rica Piranhas
A most dangerous mascot for one of Latin America's American football powerhouse countries.
The Panama City Pacificos
Panama now would have a great canal and a professional American football team.
The Bogota Muisca
The Muisca are Colombia's indigenous people. I like it.
The Lima Lamas
Peru's beast of burden but isn't it spelled llamas?
The Chile Magma
A GREAT mascot choice given Chile's string of still active volcanos.
The Rio de Janeiro Redemeers
The first of two Brazilian teams with a nice ode to Rio's famed Christ the Redeemer statue.
The São Paulo Anacondas
The second Brazilian club has a fierce mascot and incorporates the colors of the Brazilian flag.
On a side note, I'm a big fan of the city of São Paulo.
The Buenos Aires Sol
Argentina's lone entry in the LAFL, with a nod to their county's flag.
If this league ever came to fruition, I would love to be on the Buenos Aires Sol's coaching staff in some capacity.
All that is needed is someone well versed in the international American football scene (Julien Urgenti?) and a couple of financial backers with deep pockets (Paul Sabolić and Michael D'Antuono?).
All that is needed is someone well versed in the international American football scene (Julien Urgenti?) and a couple of financial backers with deep pockets (Paul Sabolić and Michael D'Antuono?).
It could all be ever so much fun.
On Thursday, Cuba's Fidel Castro
would have been 100 years old
It got me to thinking about
Cuban soft drinks of my youth
Ironbeer was easily my favorite.
The good old days of
Summer in Cuba as a youth
No, that's not me behind the bar but it could have been.
Our Glorious Leader
had another stellar week
Reading Is FUNdamental!
GREAT, page turning yarn!
This was the perfect read for me after the disaster that was the previous book that I suffered through.
What will the coming weekend bring?
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