Posted on 01/30/2014 2:04:02 PM PST by NYer
Enjoy the humor, ping!
Superbowl Sunday is the saddest day of the year for me.
The worst NFL game is better than the best any other sport.
Praise hogs from whom all pigskin footballs flow for touch down here and at 10 below.
Don’t worry I won’t be setting before the football alter on superbowl sunday, especially since the Chicago Bears aren’t playing
Oh, right - a sporting event. Maybe we’ll watch “Ben-Hur” Sunday evening. I just read the book, so it will be fun to irritate the family by pointing out all the differences.
This Superbowl should be entertaining, but sometimes it all goes horribly wrong, and ends up being an utter bore. I’m picking Seattle to win, which probably means that Denver will annihilate them.
Agreed! I do get into March Madness a bit, but I pine for the Boys of Fall.
Drives my husband nuts when I do that. :)
My husband is used to it, but the teenagers will all yell “Shut up!” until I make them leave. (I think they all have hearing damage from playing loud music in their headphones.)
Georgia native here. In the South, football and religion are synonymous.
My wife has gotten used to it and is almost surprised when I don't.
I’ve never carried on about “Ben-Hur” before, because I hadn’t read the book. But I’ve always been impossible during “The Ten Commandments.”
I prefer the Stanley Cup finals.....
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You could also delve into Lew Wallace’s role in the battle of Shiloh.
I’ll check the library for a biography. I knew he was territorial governor of New Mexico and a bit player in the Billy the Kid legend. I checked out “Ben-Hur” because it was mentioned on a thread about some weirdness in New Mexico ;-).
Btw, for anyone reading this, it’s a very good novel, if you don’t mind religious and philosophical discursions amidst your action scenes. Maybe Gen. Wallace had learned in the Army to keep a narrative moving along, because it took me much less mental adjustment to get into it than most 19th century novels.
Gen. Wallace was made the scapegoat for the heavy Union casualties on the first day of the battle. If you Google “Lew Wallace Shiloh” the first items that should come up are the Wikipedia biography of Wallace and the National Park Service account, for a quick introduction to the controversy.
Thanks, I’ll look at it later. (2-year-old is yelling, “Bath, Mama!”) When I think of Shiloh, I think of Albert Sidney Johnson, not the Union side!
“...which probably means that Denver will annihilate them.”
Hope so! :)
:)
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