Corking the Bottle

I am digesting a pretty-good book, Unafraid , by Carey Scott ( https://careyscott.org ). Today I want to relate something she wrote about pain: "The goal isn't avoiding pain -- that's not realistic or beneficial -- but instead allowing it to make us complete." I find that to be reassuring to me, a recovering alcoholic. It's especially comforting today after I just watched another Steelers loss.

* Yinz is a second-person plural pronoun used mainly in Western Pennsylvania English, most prominently in Pittsburgh....  -- Wikipedia It's Sunday; another day of NFL football. Sadly again, our local CBS affiliate thinks more people in the Louisville area want to watch the Colts than the Steelers -- even a Steelers-Bengals game like today's. I see more license plates and stickers announcing Steelers fandom around Louisville than, perhaps, every other team put together. The point is, when I can't watch the Steelers at home, I go to Buffalo Wild Wings, a chain of restaurant/bars that shows all games on large-screen TVs. I wear Steelers garb and enjoy that more people there are cheering for the Steelers than for anyone -- including the Colts. For the second time this season, my daughter is going with me. She likes football and inherited my Steelers DNA (I was born and raised near Pittsburgh). I don't know if she goes to watch the games or to keep an eye on me at the...