Rant #3,942: Head Games

Well, yesterday was Day Two of my personal Week From Hell, and even though I had just a work meeting to attend, as well as some work-related things to do, it pooped me out.

Like I have been saying for weeks, I simply do not have the stamina I once had, and even things like this take my breath away.

And right in the middle of some work I had to do, I received a call from the place that I am having my Friday procedure at, and they went over the usual stuff, like my prep for this, what medicine I am currently taking, etc.--

But they still did not have a time for this procedure.

I won't know until they call me on Thursday afternoon.

Hopefully, it will be done in the morning, so I have plenty of time to rest up and heal afterward.

But not knowing at what time I am going to have this makes me even more irritated, and more upset and frustrated.

If you remember, when I had my surgery in March, I was never told what time the surgery would be held, I called up my doctor, and they proceeded to give me the wrong time, and finally, I called the hospital myself to find out when the surgery would be.

I was not supposed to be doing this, but the situation called on me to jump over some hoops to find out this important information.

I never received an explanation--nor an apology--from anyone, not the doctor nor the hospital.

Totally ridiculous, but true.

I hope the same thing does not happen this time.

And today, I have to visit with the doctor who did my latest procedure--remember the one where they found six polyps?--to further discuss what i had done.

I have to go to this office in late afternoon, won't get home until early evening, and i am not looking forward to this at all--

But it will present a clearer picture of one of the things I have to take care of healthwise.

Wish me luck.

Onto other things ...

World Cup fever is hitting our country, and it is hitting it particularly hard in the New York Metropolitan Area, as some of the matches are going to be held in New Jersey, or as they like to call it, "New York/New Jersey Stadium."

Me, I don't care one bit ...

It is baseball season, you know.

Here is what I had to say about it on Facebook, and a lot of people did not take very kindly to my observations.

"The further Third Worlding of America ...

The U.S. needs "soccer" like we collectively need a hemorrhoid. Once again, this ultra-political sport is being foisted on us, and we really could live without it. And only the rich can afford it, anyway, based on the prices for tickets and transportation. So I am not arguing about the concept of being outside; this is nothing but a political-based money grab that most people could care less about."

Somebody actually had the audacity to not know that soccer matches are often more politics than sports in Europe and elsewhere around the world.

How someone cannot know this is beyond my comprehension, but I guess there are people who are just so ignorant about such things that this needs to be explained to them.

Here is what I said about this.

"Look at what happens at matches in Europe; riots, political outbursts, anti-Semitic chanting ... if you know about soccer, or football, at all, it is often politically tinged, and we don't need sports that bring on that type of rhetoric here. And isn't the USA in this tournament? Then why are so many so-called "Americans" rooting for their original countries' teams rather than the USA team? They are here, they are citizens, why are they rooting for non-USA teams? This is the type of nonsense that soccer brings to the fore that I am talking about."

And here is how I summed everything up.

"I am old enough to know that the country has had soccer pushed onto it since at least the late 1950s, probably earlier. Remember the Cosmos, the Generals ... we collectively rejected it then, and it is getting pushed once again because it is a money grab, nothing more. Soccer will always be a niche sport here, and it will continue to be once World Cup fever--clearly pushed by the media--is over and done with."

So if you like soccer, or football, fine with me, but I could care less, to be honest with you.

We have our major team sports--baseball, basketball, football and hockey--and we have other sports--like bowling, tennis and golf, heck, even pickleball--to keep us occupied.

And the very group that this tournament is being most pitched to--recent immigrants, here either legally or illegally-- most can't even possibly afford to go to these games!

We really don't need soccer, but if you like soccer, that is your choice.

It simply isn't mine.