This is why they're called the Olympic "Games".

I seldom watch sports.  Even with the Olympics on, with a larger variety of events than ever appear normally on TV, and with the chance of seeing them only every four years, I still don't sit for hours in front of the TV.  (I could, though, considering there's one broadcast network and three cable networks airing footage.)  When I did have the TV on these past two weeks, I checked out what competitions were shown.

I say "competitions" because I can't refer to some of the Olympic events as "sports".

Beach volleyball is in the Olympics?  Three-on-three basketball is a thing?  I don't even know what that one is.  Skateboarding is in the Olympics?!  Surfing is in the Olympics?  By this point, I barely can be surprised that BMX biking is in the Olympics.

Ouch! That stings.

 I try not to fret about having turned 50 this year.  I figure that, if I don't make it a big deal, it doesn't hurt, and people won't try to make fun of me for it, if they know it doesn't bother me.  (My oldest brother is an exception, but he's about to turn 60, so who's pointing fingers now?)

I faced a bigger issue the other day.  At the grocery store, the cashier asked me, "Are you over 55 years old?"

I suppose she was asking, in case I earned a senior discount.  I suppose that, with half of my face covered by a mask, and with my hair either having fallen out or turned gray, she couldn't see how youthful and vibrant I otherwise appear.

Still, I'm trying to get used to being 50.  Please don't add years to me yet!

Special Landscaper Edition

 My employer receives a lot of trade magazines and catalogs in the mail (even after telling the publishers that we want the electronic, not print, versions).  They all get recycled, but I do flip through a few of them before putting them in the recycling bin.

A bulb catalog arrived this week.  I discovered that we could order 10,000 bulbs in a batch -- at 2/3 the per-bulb price of a batch of 100.  Sure, the total price sounds expensive, but that's only $0.23 to $0.31 per bulb.  That sounds good, doesn't it?

Now, where am I going to plant 10,000 daffodils?