Basketball and Life: And My Picks for Oscars.

 

It's March Madness and Houston lost last night.😢

I wil cheer for Saint Peters, this year's Cinderella.

It's also Oscar night.  I have seen most of the Best Picture finalists.  I am hoping for CODA.  If you haven't seen it, you should.  I thought Drive My Car was stupid, Belfast was charming, so was West Side Story.  I didn't like The Power of the Dog.  

My pick for Best Actress is Jessica Chastain and for Best Actor, Will Smith.

We'll see what happens!

Books of February

A slow reading month.  I'm still concentrating on books about Scrabble.  However, I did read one novel:

Harlem Shuffle.  This is Colson Whitehead's latest book. I loved The Nickel Boys, this one not as much.  His writing is always amazing, but I didn't care that much for the story of the owner of a furniture store in Harlem who gets involved in some dirty dealings.
 

The Wisdom of Gandhii

"

 "He who stops to ponder and think will generally come out ahead."

When Gandhi was studying law at University College London, a Caucasian professor , whose last name was Peters, disliked him intensely, and always displayed prejudice and animosity towards him.  Also, because Gandhi never lowered his head when addressing him as he expected, there were always arguments and confrontations.

One day, Mr. Peters was having lunch at the dining room of the University, and Gandhi came along with his tray and sat next to the professor.  The professor said, "Mr. Gandhi, you do not understand.  A pig and a bird do not sit together to eat."

Gandhi looked at him as a parents would a rude child and calmly replied, "You do not worry, professor.  I'll fly away," and he went and sat at another table.  Mr. Peters, reddened with rage, decided to take revenge on the next test paper, but Gandhi responded brilliantly to all questions.

Mr. Peters, unhappy and frustrated, asked him the following questions.  "Mr. Gandhi, if you were walking down the street and found a package, and within was a bag of wisdom and another bag with a lot of money, which one would you take?"

Without hesitating, Gandhi responded, "The one with the money, of course."

Mr. Peters, smiling sarcastically, said, "I, in your place, would have taken wisdom, don't you think?"

Gandhi shrugged indifferently and responded, "Each one takes what he doesn't have."

Mr. Peters, by this time, was beside himself and so great was his anger that he wrote on Gandhi's exam sheet the word "idiot" and gave it to Gandhi.  Gandhi took the exam sheet and sat down at his desk, trying very hard to remain calm while he contemplated his next move.

A few minutes later, Gandhi got up, went to the professor and said to him in a dignified but sarcastically polite tone, "Mr. Peters, you signed the sheet, but you did not give me the grade.

Wit always wins over anger.