A few days ago, on the way home from work, I heard a piece on NPR about curling. The people who were interviewed for the piece made some comments that intrigued me. For one, they noted that, in curling competitions where they live (and, I gather, in most places...but not sure about that), the winning team buys the losing team a round of beer. For another thing, the people seemed to suggest that, while it's competitive, it's not insanely so. The people are in it for the fun of it and for the comaraderie with their teammates and opponents. I mentioned to my wife as we were listening to it that I'd be interested in watching a bit of the Olympic curling competition on television. This afternoon, I did. It's very interesting, in a short dose, but I think I'd find it tough to get excited about on an ongoing basis.
On a completely different topic, I heard from two people today who represent two of the associations for which we have outstanding proposals for management. One of them suggested (but didn't come right out and say it) that the association's leaders wants to come visit our offices for an interview. The other one left a voice mail, saying he had questions about my proposal and wanted clarification. Both are good signs. But I'm not assessing the number of individual poultry units that belong to me before they are transmogrified from the embryonic state into full poultryhood.
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