Cathal Kelly writes in today’s Globe and Mail about FIFA’s latest plays and ploys - these usually entail corruption, cheating and low life behaviour. What kind today? FIFA has announced it will award a Peace Prize and the headline early this morning says “Trump to speak at World Cup draw upon receiving FIFA Peace Prize.” The Prize’s full name is “FIFA Peace Prize - Football Unites the World.”
“Football stands for peace, and on behalf of the entire global football community, the FIFA Peace Prize - Football Unites the World will recognise the enormous efforts of those individuals who unite people, bringing hope for future generations.” No person is attributed to this quote. The article goes on to say that Trump has been allotted three minutes out of the hours-long event. Let’s get a timer out to see what happens.
The article goes through all the events that have dogged the FIFA draws. In 1994, they had Robin Williams (yes, Robin Williams the comedian) participate as one of the “assistants” making the draw. Chaos reigned. At least it was funny stuff.
While looking at the headlines, I keep seeing the kitchen counter “BakeBot” spitting out chocolate chip cookies. There isn’t such a kitchen machine. It is an AI app for figuring out what to make for dinner by scanning your fridge and the BakeBot comes up with what to do with the stuff in there. I really liked the tiny baking machine.
Here’s the Fantasy of Trees Chocolate tree that I did this year. The original inspiration of the bronze and chocolate coloured theme came from beautifully crafted bronze glass ornaments donated last year by a Rotary member. Along with chocolate looking ornaments and real chocolates from Monk’s Chocolates, a Chocolate Tree came about.
