Sometimes ignorance is a good thing.
In the context of what I'm about to write, maybe ignorance is a bit strong of a word. No,
I suppose I'm talking more about that kind of liberating youthful inexperience and
naïveté that allows, say, a six-year old to immediately seize upon an obvious solution
to a problem that has perplexed dozens of adults whose minds have been burdened by years of Sunday
school, two for one happy hours, and listening to their parents.
There isn't a twelve step program for this, but there should be.
I've just learned that I've scored one of the most coveted tickets in the world of sport. Check
that, one of the most coveted tickets in the history of sport. That's right; two seats to
watch the US of A play Italy in a first round World Cup match in Kaiserslautern, Germany on June
17.