My Summer 

My Summer

My son got his Bronze Cross. Next summer, after his 16th birthday, he can take the Lifeguard course and then actually work as a lifeguard.

I've had a few days off, here and there; no real vacation. My wife and I saw "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" in a theatre--our first time in a theatre for years. Quite enjoyable. A twist on the War of the Roses in that they make pretty serious attempts to kill each other, and then make up (still bickering).

I'm preparing to teach a seminar on Aristotle's Ethics. I went downtown to hear a talk on the Ethics by a guest speaker. After about a month of heat and drought, we have had some rain, and a tremendous storm today.

The woman who has been named the next Governor General of Canada is gorgeous, a TV personality (to a limited extent a filmmaker), exemplifies the "rags to riches" immigrant (from Haiti), has a French passport as well as a Canadian one, and has already had to clarify whether she is loyal to Canada, as opposed to a Quebec separatist. At one time the only way to get that job was by some kind of very distinguished public service--a record that was basically beyond question.