- Hurricane Irma has been largely as advertised. It will be a while before we're able to determine what the aftermath really is, but given the amount of looting that already seems to be taking place, it's likely to be far more disturbing story than what the narrative seemed to be coming out of Houston after Harvey's rampage.
- Spent most of the weekend away from the news, as it was time to send the Benster back for his final year of college. We've made the trip south many times in the past few years and we'll be making a different trip next year, once Fearless Maria picks her school.
- I'm really enjoying the rollout of the Hillary Clinton book. She's not taking things well.
- Packers 17, Seabags 9. Not the score we expected, but a satisfying result.
- I think the NFL has some real issues ahead. Forget the National Anthem, which in the end is really a non-issue. Injuries are a big story this year already. David Johnson may be out multiple weeks for the Cardinals, and Allen Robinson is done for the year already. It's become even more of a war of attrition and in the end, no one really enjoys that.
Monday, September 11, 2017
Bullets
Not even a lightning round, just random thoughts. It's been busy.
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The injuries in the NFL are wearing on me more and more every year, and are harder to reconcile with my "enjoyment". I stopped playing fantasy football 10 years ago, largely because of these, and I'm another step closer to no longer watching.
The glimpses I saw yesterday were a mixed bag. I saw the Bears drop two game-winning TD passes in the last 30 seconds of their game; while a minute later Alshon Jeffery caught a TD pass for his new team. To quote David Byrne: Same as it ever was.
I also noted a couple of examples yesterday where the NFL, eager to keep the entertainment factor pumped up, is borrowing from pro wrestling by having it's referees turn blind eyes to dastardly attacks, no doubt to inflame the fans even more.
I mentioned my discomfort with deriving entertainment from the blunt force trauma endured by others. I had the same feeling in my gut while watching reporters in their network rain gear standing outside in 100 mph winds to report, "It's windy out here, Bob." Really, what is the point of risking life and limb to "report" what can easily be seen via remote web cams? I guess it's entertaining to watch and see if someone gets taken out by a flying stop sign live on air. Perhaps that explains the appeal of NASCAR, and the NFL.
I guess it's entertaining to watch and see if someone gets taken out by a flying stop sign live on air. Perhaps that explains the appeal of NASCAR, and the NFL.
We say we don’t want to see it, but we do. I may have told this story before. I’d gone to a few short track races at Wisconsin International Raceway in scenic Kaukauna, Wisconsin, when I was a kid, but never really thought it was all that interesting. Still, auto racing became increasingly popular, so I remember thinking I should actually give NASCAR a chance. I tuned in the Daytona 500 in 2001. Tried to watch it and enjoy it. Got to see Dale Earnhardt hit the wall and die. Haven’t watched a race since.
Don Henley, "Dirty Laundry", comes to mind. I should have stopped watching the NFL when I learned that Dan Hampton was on his 13th knee surgery, and after watching Tony Dorsett try to walk a few years after retiring, but I must admit that it took the TV broadcast format change and the introduction of Cialis commercials to get me to leave it behind.
Dunno how to fix it except by what I'm doing, except to stop subsidizing stadiums and start taking doping seriously--like the flow charting method the cycling federation used to catch Lance Armstrong. One might at least reduce the impact of some of those collisions.
Maybe.
It's not just the collisions, Bubba. There are plenty of catastrophic, non-contact, injuries ala Edelman and Bridgewater were highly trained and conditioned athletes "exceed specs" at speeds and weights beyond physiological sustainability. They do it for the big money, and because a better "product" means even more money, and there's big money because a lot of people watch - and a lot of people watch because...why?
And then there's the Achilles factor--so many would have short lives, but glorious, rather than long. We can, perhaps, only reduce the glory they can attain and the means they would use to attain it. Fence off the River Styx so Thetis can't get there, maybe?
i might buy the Hillary book... just for the LOLs.
i want to know who/which of her advisors told her that this book was a good idea? she's the most poll tested, advised and managed politician in recent memory. no way in hell she did this all on her own.
Probably more deliberate sabotage from within the Democrat party; letting her self-decapitate. At this point she is a talking head, separated from the body; a curiosity, nothing more.
I talked to a friend over the weekend who likes to buy "grab-bag" books from his local library when it sells books it's taking out of circulation from its shelves. $5 for half-a-dozen or so books, and no peeking to see what's in the bag. His last batch had several copies of various Hillary books - all completely pristine and never-opened. I told him he should put a $10 between some pages about a third of the way into one of the books and then re-sell or put it back into circulation some way. Put a Posty-note on the bill, with your phone number and say, "The money is yours, but please call me when you find this." It could be funny, assuming he was still alive when it is found.
He laughed, and got a kind of faraway look in his eye. "You know...."
Regarding Hilliary, I think the bell is starting to toll for her, and not just politically. Just saw an article which suggests that Huma's emails contain some fairly clear quid pro quo arrangements regarding her time at State. Hopefully it gives Mr. Sessions cover to get an investigation that will send her to 1000 University Dr. SW, Waseca MN 56093 where she belongs.
Or will it take the Cajun Navy coming to the swamp to clean it up? Sad to say, I'm thinking the answer may be yes.
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