Thank you Baird. You are no slouch either at wordsmithing and from what I've read in Human Nature, you are far more consistent in that craft than I. My eloquence comes in brief cloudbursts, punctuated by long dry spells where I struggle to express myself and even get the spelling right! Some kind of vexing species of compositional biorhythm I suppose.
Well-said Michael. Strange as it may seem being a Northern neighbour, I used to be an avid NFL fan during the 1990s. The Superbowl was, to me back then, practically a cultural-religious event.
Funny enough, it was an unplanned bout with poverty in the days before home internet that broke the habit. Cable TV being a luxury I refused to pay for in the rooming house I stayed in. That year I drifted further away from the pull of the Superbowl, NFL, MLB, and generally sports in general. By 2003, I had landed in South Korea and the habit (spell?) had long been broken.
I like your points about attractions year-round. Perhaps the frequency and absurdity of sports hype shows a level of 'darkness before the dawn' or like the bartenders yelling 'last call!' the loudest just prior to turning the lights on and telling everyone to go home.
Well said Neil! The golden eighties and nineties in the NFL! Ah, I remember them well! My team was and still is the SF 49ers with the great Joe Montana, the superb Jerry Rice, and the omniscient Bill Walsh! You needn't wonder who I support in today's game, though I'll probably drop in only in the late fourth quarter 🙂
The Chantals!! Little Anthony and the Imperials! Oh! Youth. I love your posts when you rant and exhume all these memories of people and music and Life Before it got really crazy like it is now. It wasn't this crazy was it? The crazier it gets out there the bigger the circus of distraction! But I am sitting here on the watching the sun turn the sky the best best pink/purple/orange and holding onto the beauty of THAT which doesn't cost a penny. Hope you are well.
Yes our youth, that bright era we shared, those bands! It was less crazy then..it's not our imagination or our clinging to things long gone and increasingly forgotten. The malign evolution of our country resulted in a state of affairs where more money is now spent on entertainment than on all social justice and environmental efforts combined..the priorities have so changed, and not for the better.
I hope your health and that of your friends and family remains good. 🙂 We are no longer spring chickens, but can still "cluck" as well as ever!
Thank you Baird. You are no slouch either at wordsmithing and from what I've read in Human Nature, you are far more consistent in that craft than I. My eloquence comes in brief cloudbursts, punctuated by long dry spells where I struggle to express myself and even get the spelling right! Some kind of vexing species of compositional biorhythm I suppose.
Well-said Michael. Strange as it may seem being a Northern neighbour, I used to be an avid NFL fan during the 1990s. The Superbowl was, to me back then, practically a cultural-religious event.
Funny enough, it was an unplanned bout with poverty in the days before home internet that broke the habit. Cable TV being a luxury I refused to pay for in the rooming house I stayed in. That year I drifted further away from the pull of the Superbowl, NFL, MLB, and generally sports in general. By 2003, I had landed in South Korea and the habit (spell?) had long been broken.
I like your points about attractions year-round. Perhaps the frequency and absurdity of sports hype shows a level of 'darkness before the dawn' or like the bartenders yelling 'last call!' the loudest just prior to turning the lights on and telling everyone to go home.
Well said Neil! The golden eighties and nineties in the NFL! Ah, I remember them well! My team was and still is the SF 49ers with the great Joe Montana, the superb Jerry Rice, and the omniscient Bill Walsh! You needn't wonder who I support in today's game, though I'll probably drop in only in the late fourth quarter 🙂
The Chantals!! Little Anthony and the Imperials! Oh! Youth. I love your posts when you rant and exhume all these memories of people and music and Life Before it got really crazy like it is now. It wasn't this crazy was it? The crazier it gets out there the bigger the circus of distraction! But I am sitting here on the watching the sun turn the sky the best best pink/purple/orange and holding onto the beauty of THAT which doesn't cost a penny. Hope you are well.
Yes our youth, that bright era we shared, those bands! It was less crazy then..it's not our imagination or our clinging to things long gone and increasingly forgotten. The malign evolution of our country resulted in a state of affairs where more money is now spent on entertainment than on all social justice and environmental efforts combined..the priorities have so changed, and not for the better.
I hope your health and that of your friends and family remains good. 🙂 We are no longer spring chickens, but can still "cluck" as well as ever!