Fabulous Bookends

At the French Field House

Started the day early at OSU's French Field House to serve as a judge for the annual State Science Fair. What a great experience. More than a thousand students from grades 7-12 (and a scattering of 6th graders) presented their projects to judges of all stripes -- I say that because judges ranged in expertise from nephrologists to communications directors! :) And, interestingly enough, grade school sweethearts. Bumped into one of those, someone I hadn't seen in at least 30 years. Life is full of surprises. Every one of the students and their respective projects I had the honor of judging deserved to win. One of my favorites was "Tootsie pop versus blow pop." I forget the student's hypothesis, but one of her findings was that men tended to lick the Tootsie Pops and Blow Pops faster and with shorter 'licks' than the women, whose fewer and longer licks got them to the center of both suckers faster. I have considered several clever quips to insert here, but I think it's better just to leave it alone.

Serving @ Jericho's Light Club.
My sis, Mary Ann along with
Jason and Cindy, all newcomers to JLC

The second half of my Saturday was spent in preparation for serving down at Jericho's Light Club. Sloppy Joe's were the meal du jour, which I made from scratch and were pretty darn good. A nice bonus was my sister Mary Ann being in town for a visit and joining me to serve that evening. It was an awesome night with my sis and having some truly excellent fellowship.