Underdog Words

😼 Meow! Does your cat ever give you bombastic side eye criminal side eye?! If so, there’s hope! The talking dog button craze has now expanded to cats. The mat of pre-recorded buttons puts words in your pet’s control. It’s like “The Secret Life of Pets” translated. Cats learn to associate the button with a need. After a couple days, voila’! The pet presses it for immediate action from their owner. Theoretically! https://www.theycantalk.org/home 

💫 But hey, this isn’t just a “Cats and Dogs” https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/cats-dogs world. It’s a realm of underdogs! Cue the South Sudan Bright Stars. A bloody civil war isn’t stopping the basketball team from playing in a global basketball tournament for the first time this weekend. It’s all thanks to Luol Deng, a former NBA star who built the team from scratch. There’s not one indoor gym within Sudan’s borders. The players instead meet early at tournament destinations and do prep camps. I’m gonna go ahead and call it a super-nova slam dunk!https://www.wsj.com/sports/basketball/south-sudan-world-cup-luol-deng-3060e830?mod=Searchresults_pos1&page=1

🤩 Another underdog this week? India! They became the first country to land on the South Pole of the moon. A rover will now look for water-based ice. The dark side of the moon also houses plenty of Helium-3. It’s an isotope (not on earth). It could provide safe nuclear energy without radioactive waste. That could be a game changer with our climate challenges. India has indicated an interest in mining it. https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Preparing_for_the_Future/Space_for_Earth/Energy/Helium-3_mining_on_the_lunar_surface

💭 I’m the underdog too. I made a deal to pay my daughter a dollar every time I cuss. She’s winning. I’m cleaning it up! No excuses. She refuses to believe a donkey starts with an “A.” Argh! Let’s keep our language elevated. Keep sending those word ideas in! [email protected] 

✍️ What better underdog theme than the Ukraine? Here’s a recent book review.

https://www.tiktok.com/@sandrashawe/video/7165854400349490475/

A group close to my heart is actively helping those in the Ukraine. Check this out.

If you’d like to give to some worthy underdogs, here’s a link!

https://pushpay.com/g/mosaicglobal

Thank you! I hope you have the best weekend!