Crabgrass by Tauhid Bondia for October 07, 2023

Gus is definitely a Jedi, meaning he is very mature for his age. Well, he did like that play his parents took him to when he was younger.

Not everyone is such a sore loser as you are Kevin (see November 20, 2020 for references).

Miles: “1 game out of 238. I can afford to be magnanimous.”

Kevin: “I’m gonna tell your mom you swore with bad words!”

Nothing takes the fun out of your gloating faster than your opponent being a good sport about losing.

Last line is terrific.

Do you know what’s worse than a sore loser? It’s a sore winner, whose initials are Kevin.

There’s no worse spoilsport than a gracious loser.

“In Exodus, when the Hebrews are finally freed and have crossed the Red Sea, God lets the water loose and the Egyptians who are chasing them drown. The Hebrews begin to sing about God being a god of war in a vicious little ditty called The Song of the Sea that is very much the sort of thing that militaristic people enjoy so much.”

“There’s an amazing contrast, though, in Talmud – the angels also begin to sing their praises and God turns to them, weeping, and says “How dare you sing for joy when my children are dying? The Egyptians are my children, too.””

—Aaron Golden

I’ll bet a lot of people can relate!

I didn’t realize that kids still play checkers.