The Big Game is almost here! I’m not really sure why watching men in short pants and big shoulder pads run into each other and grunt a lot is considered a national pastime but each to their own. I do know that cold cuts, crackers, tiny hotdogs, and chips are nearly sold out at the grocery store. Apparently, it’s also a day of continuous grazing.
Michelle Obama should be all over that! Put a ban on Super Bowl pigging out!
For the children.
I prefer to watch a great movie instead of sports, with or without popcorn. Or even a pretty good movie. Now if only Hollywood would make one. Waiting…still waiting…
Football does seem to be rather popular in America. Probably because senseless violence has always been a form of good clean fun for us folks in the civilized Western world. We enjoy watching men pound each other to a pulp, whether in boxing, football, hockey, or a really lively spelling bee.
Not to say that I don’t enjoy watching a little violence myself. I just prefer mine on the big screen.
Braveheart was an exception to the rule of critics being wrong. Mel definitely deserved the Oscar! |
So, when the Oscars come around, I stay up to watch (most of it) and make sure I learn which pictures win the most hoopla – cause then I’ll know which ones to avoid. The movie critics are accurate with their thumbs up about as often as a forecaster is accurate about weather. Or let me put it another way. Movie critics agree with the general public’s preferences about as often as politicians tell the truth.
This is William Wallace during halftime at SuperBowl I |
I really can’t tell you which two football teams are playing tomorrow. Sorry, if you came here for Super Bowl info. I’m sort of the anti-football info blog of all time. But I do know a lot of absolutely worthless facts I learned in school. Darn those teachers! Filling my head with nonsense when I could have memorized all the sports statistics that my dad and brothers learned instead.
By the way, if you’re like me and don’t give a ring of bologna for football, download one of my books instead. Now that’s entertainment!
Brink Girl says
Can we still do constant grazing whilst we read your book?
Allie Robbins says
Wow, I gotta read Split Sense…. the trailer is way spooky cool!
Allie
Barbara Ellen Brink says
Yes, grazing while reading is acceptable
Barbara Ellen Brink says
Thanks, Allie! I think it’s pretty suspenseful and exciting…not that I’m biased or anything:)