Opening Stuff:
I was never able to snap a whip to urge on a horse taking my family
to Grandmas, but people who did remembered it fondly. It is kind of a sacrilege
to drown nostalgia in pools of reality. But kids who go digital at the age of 2
or 3 will build the world that conflicts violently with the love memories
pasties for us and our children. Education will change dramatically. Former key
jobs will be lost forever, and only the truly aware will move semi seamlessly into
the new community. Communications changed forever years ago, as have social relationships,
and society in general. Old Unions with fight it as hey did with demise of railroads. It is an acceptability challenge for all who loved
where they came from, enjoyed what they did and accomplished. I totally rhapsodize
over the way I grew up, and will never stop being a dreamer, but I also see existence
in the new present as a wonderful challenge that we should all enjoy. Actually,
I kind of like the new reality, because I have never been to good at tying my
shoe laces.
I expect that more people are doing jigsaw puzzles as is very
moment than we would ever expect.
While the micro chip will change society forever, it is certainly not
all a good thing. The simplicity of tweeting bomb threats that have stopped air
traffic is not a good thing. The inevitable stock market manipulation and
possibility of hacker induced crashes is not a good thing. The destruction of a
person’s integrity is certainly detrimental to an orderly civilization. He mass
dissemination if non facts is not a good thing. The crowd accusation of
innocent people as guilty is certainly not a good thing. Like we have for
millions of years, we still have to deal with foibles and inconsistencies of
humans; we still must have a foundation
of knowledge and morality and ethics. That, should never change.
This brings us to the Super Bowl and the NFL, the least capitalist moneymaking
entity on America, with communist style government safe guards and states and
cities paying for their “Factories”. But, we love it regardless. I have been
tired of the hype and antics for a week already but I am really excited about
seeing a very good game coached b two excellent strategists. I love Russell
Wilson and Lynch is dangerous as hell. The Seattle secondary is very good, as
are their “O” and “D” lines. But then, the Pats are no slouches either. I think
the Pats “D” is much improved since their “D” induced SB losses to the Jints.
The question for me is, can the Pats offense make a dent in the Seattle
defense. I’m thinking I’d like a 30 to 10 Pats win so my heart will survive.
But, it looks more like a nail biter with the Pats pulling it out by 5 points.
But then, I am an insufferable homer, Enjoy your wings and Cheetos. I’m going
for KFC and gravy.
The Question:
Name the last five Superbowl Champions
and the MVP’s. Bonus: Name the last
five Halftime entertainers.
The Headlines:
--Romney Not Running For
Presidency.
--Non-Terrorist Group Taliban
Kills Three Americans In
--Dow Decimated As Overall
Earnings Show Weakness; Amazon Stock Roars After Excellent Earnings Report;
High Flying Amazon Competitor Alibaba Stock Killed After Weak Earnings A
criticism From China Gov.
--Senate Approves Keystone Pipeline
Bill Despite Veto Threat.
--Bomb Blast Rips Pakistan Shiite Mosque Killing 49; Key Kurd Commander
Killed In Iraq Kurds Setback After ISIS Attacks In Oil Rich Kirkuk; 19 kille,
28 Wounded In Baghdad Bomb Atacks.
--No Charges Against Zimmerman
After recent Arrest.
I really like that Shriner’s TV commercial featuring the real
children loving their smiles, their dancing their running. Makes my heart feel
funny.
The opening paragraph was really intended to be about massive
changes we can expect in education with the evolution of the digital child.
Maybe I’ll do that Monday.
Definition of terrorism: “Man Made Disaster.” Or, Mad Man Made Mayhem.
In story about Uber working to comply with cities and state
legalities, an executive said “We won’t make as much profit being lawful.” A
bank robber could say the same thing.
One of my least favorite classical pieces has always been The Sorcerer’s
Apprentice.
This is a sad little piece: On an Ibiza cliff on that picture perfect
Mediterranean Island, as the red glow of the setting sun washed vivid colors across the rocky scene, a young women jumping
up and down for joy after accepting a marriage proposal, misjudged the edge of
the cliff and fell to her death. I don’t know what to say. God.
Reading between the Lines Movie
reviews:
--The Critics love Black and White
which is about a hard drinking white Grandfather (Keven Costner) of a 7 year
old black granddaughter (Jillian Eestell) who must take care of her after his
wife, the girl’s grandmother died. Her white mom is dead and the black father
has disappeared. It’s about racism and girl getting Costner to stoop drinking and grow up and
become an adult. The other big conflict is the emergence of the husband’s
family’s grandma. It will get big ratings, but not really on my radar.
--The other critically acclaimed film
is The Most Violent Year, which has possibilities for me. It is about a wrestling
match of a marriage where the husband (Oacar
Issac) is a successful Hispanic entrepreneur in the home heating oil biz in
union controlled NYC, and the wife (Jessica Chastain) is his bookkeeper and an
incredibly tough, gun toting daughter of a Mafia kingpin. The conflict is
always about morals and ethics with the wife always testing, trying to get the
upstanding husband to bend the rules, and he having to make decisions in a
tough b business environment that are illegal. I’d go.
--In Black Sea, Jude Law is an over
the hill explorer submarine captain, who is hired by a treasure hunter group to
find the sunken Nazi sub that may be full of cold, all while the Russian fleet
lurks nearby. It is a thriller, and I would be prone to rent it, at least. Not a
critical fave, meaning to me that it is not loaded with social BS.
The Answer:
Of course the Seattle Seahawks won
last year and linebacker Malcolm Smith was the MVP. The rest of the last five
are Baltimore – Joe Falcco; NY Giants – Eli Manning; GB Packers -- Aaron
Rogers; NO Saints – Drew Brees. Bonus:
Katy Perry will be out there lost in the crowds of dancers this year and will
be following Bruno Mars and Red Hot Chili Peppers in 2014. The rest of the last
five are Beyonce Destiny’s Child; Madonna, LMFAO, Cric de Soliel, Nicki Minaj, MIA,
Cee Lo Green and Andy Lewis in 2013; For 2012 we had Black Eyed Peas, Usher and
Stash; 2011 was The Who.
Malcom Smith?
Have a good tailgating, hard rooting and hopefully a smiling Pats
victory weekend, E-v-e-r-y-b-o-d—y!
By the way, I like Pete Carroll too, always have – even when he was
being lambasted by the Patriot’s sports writers and talk show goonies. It’s
good to be loyal.
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