Random Stuff at Midnight

The clock is ticking past midnight. For no particular reason, I considered my meals today.

Breakfast: Mostly chopped cabbage with pomegranate dressing.

Lunch: Deviled ham on toast.

Dinner: Raisin Bran cereal. I didn’t put milk on it because I don’t drink milk. Usually I put almond milk on cereal, which is modestly better than plain water, but I didn’t have any almond milk. So I put the cereal in a bowl and ate it dry. I have to say, it was pretty good. (I’m not particular when it comes to food, as you might have guessed.) For dessert, I ate a 4 ounce snack cup of chocolate pudding.

Bedtime snack: a banana and a couple tablespoons of peanut butter.

All in all, I feel I ate a well-balanced diet today. If I had alcohol in the house, I would drink a few too many drinks and go to bed. But I have no alcohol. Thank you, Dry January.

I was thinking about the Navy Captain who was “relieved of command” (fired) because he asked for help with an outbreak of Covid-19 on his ship. SecNav said the Captain copied his request for help to too many people. I imagine the Captain tried using the chain of command first, and when that didn’t work he grew frustrated and went around the chain of command. SecNav said the Captain used poor judgment. I think he used great judgment and he accomplished what needed to be done to protect his crew. He was fired because he embarrassed some higher-up, and that person wanted payback. I don’t know who was embarrassed but my money is on SecNav himself.

If the Captain had done the “right” thing and waited for the slow-moving Navy brass to act on his request, and if, as a result, some of his sailors had died, then the Captain would be blamed for that. He was in a no-win situation. When you’re in a lose-lose situation, you take the path that does the least harm, and that’s what the Captain did. Kudos to Captain Crozier.

Almost 1 AM now. Goodnight all.