Was too busy at work today to go swim. Sadly.

But today my thoughts are not on swimming. My thoughts are on my French friends and their families after the horrible tragedy at Charlie Hebdo.

The murders yesterday by those “men” in Paris was cowardly and deplorable. The cartoonists and editors of the satirical magazine had been fire-bombed before, and they bravely said Je ne vais pas prendre votre merde, and continued on. The Chief Editor famously said “I’d rather die standing than live on my knees.” He died yesterday…standing, I imagine.

It is the test of a good religion whether you can joke about it.*