Today is the day for entry into all conduct, for with it we attain realization of the Buddha's eye.
On this day in 2019, spiritual teacher, psychologist, and author Ram Dass (born Richard Alpert) died in Maui. Impermanence is swift. I was never a particular follower or adherent of his teachings, although I must admit that his 1971 book, Be Here Now, was one of my first introductions to Eastern mysticism. I had earlier read a 1966 book he co-authored simply titled LSD.
It's Ted Cruz' birthday. The piece of Texas bullshit turns 51 today.
The omicron covid spike is now affecting college football. Today, Texas A&M University announced it doesn't have enough healthy players left to play in December 31st's Gator Bowl. The Gator Bowl is currently looking for a replacement team, but that would only be possible if another bowl is affected by cancellation.
Meanwhile, the NCAA announced that if a team is not eligible to play in one of the two college football championship semi-final games because of the covids, it will forfeit the game and the other team will be declared the winner. If both teams are ineligible, the winner of the remaining semi-final game will be declared the national champion. If three teams are ineligible, the remaining, healthy team will automatically be declared the champion.
If all four teams are ineligible, meaning they're all too sick with the covids to field a team, it will be attempted to reschedule the championship game to no later than January 14. If neither team is healthy by then, there will be no national champion for 2021. If only one team is healthy by then, they'll be the 2021 champion.
But here's the catch - if Team A isn't eligible for the championship game on the original January 4 date, and then Team B isn't eligible on the scheduled make-up date, then Team A, which caused the delay to start with, becomes the champion. That doesn't sound fair, considering Team B was healthy and ready to go on the original date, but then, no one's asking me.
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