Super Bowl a Paradox of American Culture

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^ | 2/04/05 | Gene Collier

[beyond the sea]

He was rehearsing "Hey Jude" yesterday, so don't be surprised if you hear it.?

Paul is a good guy..... he'll do a good job!

Thanks for the tip. What are the odds on that???

;-)

[Modernman]

the eagles are noble animals and the patriots are racists, sexists homophobes. Therefore, the eagles are going to win.

There was a secretary at one of my old jobs who picked NCAA playoff teams based on how fierce their team name was. Seemed to work pretty well for her, amusingly enough.

[beyond the sea]

I see a relatively close game at the half with the Pats putting them away in the third quarter.

Fine about close at halftime.

I have two grand down on the Pats and giving 7. I don't care when they beat this Philly team, just so it's by more than 7.

:-)

[beyond the sea]

Bill Russell --- GOD!

[mainepatsfan]

I look for Philly being forced to abandon the run in the second half and McNabb throwing some interceptions. The Pats will convert them into some easy points to put the game away.

[mainepatsfan]

She sang at halftime of the Raiders-Bucs Super Bowl two years ago.

[mainepatsfan]

He has more championship rings than fingers!

[KC_Conspirator]

Throw in a little Shanai...

What is that? Some kind of Asian stipper? Does she have one of those swings?

[Richard Kimball]

I think it was the whole Butter Pie thing.

[beyond the sea]

Yes........ Bill is a great man.

I'll say more about him some day here at FR. He is THE man of athletics!!!!!

The one and only.

A TEAM PLAYER!

[evad]

>> What is that? <<

It's an asian stripper with one of those swings.

[KC_Conspirator]

LOL! I am glad you have a sense of humor.

[evad]

always ;-)

[SC DOC]

[beyond the sea]

There is a piece on Bill Russell by Frank Deford in Sports Illustrated's book, "Fifty Years of Great Writing".

The article is called, "The Ring Leader".

Find it!

*****

"The greatest team player of all time, Bill Russell was the hub of a Celtics dynasty that ruled its sport as no other team ever has. Thirty years after his first story about Russell, the dean of SI writers revisited the big man.

This guy, Bill Russell, back in the '50's taught me evrything I needed to know about winning............ and about life.

[Chad Fairbanks]

"The message of my music is generally peace, love and come together," he said

Ah, so paul is also a fan of Simultaneous Orgasms? Cool. Maybe I should start listening to his music...

[beyond the sea]

Just looked at Shania again here at 2:00 in the morning. That is one beautiful picture. Not only is she exquisite, but the photographer did a great job too.

[solitas]

Don't be insulting - it makes a bad first impression, and you don't have much to work with anyway.

I've suffered through listening to all those you've mentioned and they give me the sh_ts. Almost without exception there has been no really good, creative, original C&W music to come out of the industry in the last couple of decades. I keep listening to the new stuff, looking for something worthwhile, and am disappointed more times than not.

There used to be a higher percentage of performers who demonstratedly wrote their own material, unlike today. They were the creative ones because it was their product; unlike a stable of writers who crank-out material for interchangeable performers.

Yes, Jackson has a song with good lyrics, but the presentation is horrible. The lyricist is to be commended; the performer is not.