A good article on the overkill that is the Super Bowl: From sordid to stupid, Super Bowl excess often can be unbearable.
It’s quintessentially American, is what I’m told. Big and loud and full of itself. We still know how to have a good time. Nothing wrong with that. Better, though, to observe from afar, than advocate the madness by taking part in it.
A journalist who has already covered a Super Bowl (or II or III or XLIV) might now prefer to observe it from afar, but it would be really cool to see one in person. Boyfriend-Dearest would love to attend a Super Bowl, but only if his beloved Vikings are in the game.
While a week-long pre-game is annoying, it’s been a nice diversion for me this year. Between household problems (damned ice dams!) and family woes (water is thicker than blood in certain cases) it’s good to be able to take a time-out and get lost in the inanity that is sports. It’s also a distraction from hard news: Egypt, high unemployment, etc.
I was wondering the other day why I hadn’t heard or read anything from the GOP re Egypt. I thought I might have missed something, but I guess I haven’t: On Egypt, Republican Hopefuls Remain Mostly Silent.
I’m thinking more today about “Downton Abbey” withdrawal than the Super Bowl. yeah, we might watch some ads, or I might just play Scrabble on the iPad.
I hear you about ice dams. I’ve dealt with them at home and work. we’re more proactive at home, but at work there is nothing budgeted for preventative maintenance, so things get left until the conditions are severe enough to trigger an insurance claim. there’s no overtime for my measly salary, and the weekend scramble with contractors just is what it is. today is a day of rest since the drains are working again. we start early tomorrow to get the mess cleaned up before mold takes hold inside. I know how to put it back together again and we’ll do a good job – for me it’s more about preserving a fine old building, though there are “valuable professionals” for whom inconvenience must be minimized. the head-banging thing is, it’s preventable if you can sell prevention to the bean counters.
the Egypt news has me on the edge of my seat. I keep hearing echoes of the 70′s and I don’t mean disco music. I don’t see a Reagan in that bunch of hopefuls. I’ll give them credit for keeping quiet.
Comment by rrgirl — 6 February 2011, Sunday @ 12:25:30 |