PLEASURE WITHOUT CONSCIENCE

That's what Gandhi called one of the 7 deadly sins. The "what's in it for me", the "Me Generation", the hedonistics. And we see plenty of it in our world today.

But when I plan pleasure without conscience, it usually backfires. Every once in awhile I plan a day of sports. Late Summer, mid-Spring when seasons overlap.

I'll plan my day around the tube. College football early in the morning in the West, followed by another game later in the day. I should know by now that I'm not going to have an especially good day because the college teams I root for aren't very good. So often I'm 0-2 after an Illinois and Arizona State loss.

Time for a baseball playoff game in the Fall or an NBA game in the Spring. Now, for those games my teams are better. The Cardinals and Suns usually have decent teams. At least decenter (I think that should be a word) than the Illini and the Sun Devils, but if one of them loses, then I'm wearing the golden sombrero.

The number of beautiful days, I've invested in those teams. I know I must have be rewarded, but I really don't recall many 3-0 days of pleasure. I'd even take a 2-1 day. I might even sleep well if it was a 1-2 day depending on the importance of the game.

It's a good thing the NFL plays on Sunday most of the time. Church occupies my mornings, so I can't watch 3 games on that day. Oh yeah, and more bad news: my NFL teams are the Rams and Cardinals.

That Gandhi was a smart guy.