Osler's Razor

What great haiku last Friday! I especially liked the way two of them fit together...

First, this one by Ang:

The kids want to know
if Santa visits Kuwait,
so Dad can have treats.

I said maybe so,
but he doesn't want that much -
just to come back safe.

... and then this one by Campbell:

Glad to be with Steph
This year and not in the 'Stan
That's all I wanted.

For what it describes, I love this one, too, by Megan Willome:

More cold mornings, more
warm afternoons. Lots more tea.
Four friends at Christmas.

Megan, of course, is one of my favorite writers. Most recently, she authored this great bio of Kim Mulkey, the Baylor coach and 2012 Wacoan of the Year.

Part of the untold story of that interview is that Megan got to see Coach Mulkey's fierce competitiveness in action in the course of the interview itself. As many of you know, Megan not only is a world-caliber liturgical dancer (she was on Christian Century's list of '25 dancers who make Martha come to life"), but won the Texas All-Ages Jenga championship in 1993, 1999, 1002, 2003, 2007, and 2010. Knowing this, Coach Mulkey insisted that they play Jenga during the interview. It was an epic battle, and the tower of blocks had to be moved out to the Ferrell Center parking lot at one point, having exceeded the height of the indoor arena. When it finally crashed down, seven students were injured but Megan was the victor, yet again.