Rain Rain go away, and what is a sport, anyway?

For the past several days we have been under the influence of Tropical Depression/Storm/whatever-it-is Brett. The thing was hitting Mexico, but we were and are getting a ton of rain, so that'll give you an idea of how much area these things affect. Personally, we're not close to being flooded but some areas in Jacksonville are, and have been since Monday, and it's not getting better yet. The forecast is to start drying out...maybe tonight. For those folks' sake, I hope so.

The rain has been the overriding factor in just about everything. It keeps everyone cooped up in the house, which, for an active 12 year old, is torture. Movies only go so far, and energy needs an outlet. He got to some batting cages for about an hour yesterday in between downpours, but that's not quite enough. Skateboard tricks in the garage are holding him over some. I guess we need to start doning some more indoor sport stuff...like handball or raquetball. Bowling would be an option, but I don't think that'll tire him out much.

Bowling and golf fall into the same category for me in the great debate of what is or is not a 'sport'. This, despite as you might have guessed, I love to play golf. I still have to admit what I'm doing is no sport. My personal definition is, if you can drink a beer and smoke a cigarette while competing professionally, what you are doing can be called an activity, but not a sport. It's competition, it's demanding, and on a hot day, you'll probably sweat a bit doing it, but the same can be said of checkers.