Natural Disasters, Personal Tragedies, Milestones, and FIFA

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.
 -Dwight D. Eisenhower

I just learned that a friend from grammar school, John,  was in a motorcycle accident. He's going to need a back brace and a banged up ankle. He'll need a lot of physical therapy. So sad. I get why people dig riding motorcycles, but it's just too dangerous. Everyday, commuting to work, I see drivers do stupid things that could get people killed. People drive like crazy people, like there are no consequences for their actions.

The photos out of Houston and Austin are unbelievable. So much flooding! This is why it's always handy to own a kayak.

I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.
 -Stephen Hawking

The USA has indicted 14 FIFA officials on allegations of racketeering and accepting bribes. The allegations extendTo bidding on the S. Africa, Russia, and Qatar World Cups, as well as the FIFA presidential election in 2011.

From CNN; 
But the day's more definitive and, right now, damning action came out of the United States.

That's where the Justice Department announced the unsealing of a 47-count indictment in a federal court in Brooklyn, New York, that detailed charges against 14 people for racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy. They include FIFA officials accused of taking bribes totaling more than $150 million and in return providing "lucrative media and marketing rights" to soccer tournaments as kickbacks over the past 24 years.

"The defendants fostered a culture of corruption and greed that created an uneven playing field for the biggest sport in the world," FBI Director James Comey said in a news release. "Undisclosed and illegal payments, kickbacks and bribes became a way of doing business at FIFA."

FIFA sucks
- Doctor Wu

And lastly, the good Doctor turns six months old today! Happy 1/2 birthday Doctor Moses Wu! They tell me that I rescued you, but I'm not sure that's how it went down at all. 

We've got
We've got a perfect life
-Steven Wilson