A Metlife blimp just drifted over, propelled by what sounds like an outboard motor. Always a hoot! Wouldn’t it be fun to ride in one of those things?
The Stupor Bowl is in town, and the place is overrun with tourists and all their larcenous hangers-on. Tomorrow is Stupor Bowl Sunday, and promoters are doing their best to whip locals and visitors into a slobbering frenzy. Consequently, where a sane person wants to be is OFF THE ROADS. What a zoo!
Got a couple of errands I’d like to run — I printed up a sheet of business cards with updated emergency numbers; want to take those by FedEx to have them laminated, so they’ll hold up when stored in places like a wallet, the car visor, and waypoints. That FedEx store happens to be in the same shopping center as a Trader Joe’s and a Whole Foods…just now I sure could use some fresh veggies and fruits, and maybe a nice steak to cut into pieces for several meals.
But no. There is no chance I’m going into a grocery store, any grocery store, the day before Stupor Bowl Sunday. Nor, I think, am I going to try to park in the ordinarily hectic WF/TJ parking lot. So I’m marooned in the house, for the nonce.
Can’t wait for this orgy of hype to get over.
For a hopeless skeptic (some would say cynic), hype seems to be what this event is all about. After money, of course.
I never have been able to grasp the lure of professional football. Something must be missing in my personality, I guess. To me the game itself is as ugly as ancient Roman gladiatorial games. And then the glorification of men who rape women and KO their wives in elevators escapes me. WHAT about this would cause you to fork over $8,000 for a ticket to watch?
What a scam.
What an obscenity! Really, if violence lights your fire, why not use your eight grand to hire a mercenary or two to kill some ISIS thugs? Surely if you have that kind of money, you would also have that kind of influence. Do something decent for the world.
So, I’ll just have to wait it out. In a day or two, the roads will be navigable again. And of course, every day I stay off those roads is a day of NOT spending money in stores.
Meanwhile, I’ve got a ton of student papers to grade.
I too am a bit concerned about professional sports. In my neck of the woods they have built not one but two huge stadiums…one for football…one for baseball. The “rent” they pay for the real estate these things occupy is a joke. And these things were built so as to stimulate the economy….REALLY?? Another thing I find troubling is the salaries these folks command…to play a child’s game. Good example, recently the Washington baseball team signed a new pitcher…7 year contract…$210M…That’s $30M a year and if this gent stays healthy he’ll pitch every 4 days/ games…So he’ll pitch in about 40 games…That comes out to $750,000 PER GAME…for one guy…Yeah … like you…I’m about done with pro sports….. The traffic mayhem…..just icing on the cake….
I have $8,000 and I would gladly fork it over to take out a couple of ISIS thugs. Got a go between? 😀
Betcha the CIA knows one. 😉
Go shopping DURING the Superbowl. Stores are empty and there’s no traffic.
They say it’s about the best day of the year to buy a car.