Super Half Time?

The Super Bowl of Sunday February 7, 2010, was the most watched television program in American television history. The Saints prevailed in a thrilling 31-17, come from behind victory.

However the half time show was a real blast...... a blast from the past!! "Who played the half time show?" "The Who." "Who?" "The Who!" "Who?" and on and on. Since the Janet Jackson, costume reveal of 2004, the National Football League has gone all conservative, aiming to please middle-aged men.



Paul McCartney, The Rolling Stones, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Bruce Springsteen and The Who. In my opinion, the lone bright spot was Prince in 2007 and he seemed pretty tame. The NFL was aiming for the young hip crowd with Jay-Z and Rihanna, in and out of the commercial breaks and the geriatric set, with the 60 something rockers of The Who, at halftime! I suppose if you subscribe to Rolling Stone magazine, you are happy!!



Who next? No pun intended. The Grateful Dead? The Beach Boys? Pink Floyd? I witnessed the Super Bowl at a huge Super Bowl event with over a hundred attendees and we simply muted the volume, hit the bathroom and topped up on snacks for the second half.

Oh well, there's always next year to get it right!

Agent Zero!

Old news by now, but Gilbert Arenas was suspended last week for the rest of the National Basketball Associations season, for his felony gun charge and subsequent ridiculous behavior.

His initial sorry explanation for having the unloaded guns in the locker room, was for the safety of his children. Ah, note to Gilbert, buy a safe! Next!!!

Today (Feb. 2/10), in the Washington Post, Arenas issued the obligatory apology. "While I regret a lot about this incident, letting the kids down is my biggest regret." Blah, blah, blah! No kidding!




Isn't it all double speak, anyways? After the incident and before the pending suspension, wasn't Arenas caught with his guns a blazing, so to speak? Making light of the matter by pretending to shoot teammates with his hands during an on-court huddle before a game! Yeah! Sorry! Sorry he got caught.

Actually, I feel sorry for Arenas. He was just battling back from a couple of season ending knee surgeries. Leading his team, the Wizards, in scoring and assists averages and now this.

Well Arenas, it's all on you brother. It's all on you. I guess the moniker "Agent Zero" is very appropriate.

Super Walmart, not so super!

If you are looking for a poignant piece on world politics or some moral or ethical issue, you are out of luck in this particular blog. Just some good old fashion venting. Unfortunately, I had to pick up a couple of items at a Super Walmart, this cold but sunny Sunday afternoon. In fact, the biggest Walmart in Canada.

Is bigger always better? Sometimes I wonder. Bigger homes, bigger cars, bigger malls, bigger big box stores, bigger Walmart Superstores! This big Super Walmart is so big, it needs two postal codes. For example, garlic bread is not in the section where bread is kept. Why? Because they keep it near the ready-to-eat food section, with the barbecued chicken, chunky fries, processed chicken parts, etc. Fantastic!! All I know, is that it necessitates a lot of unnecessary looking around for challenged individuals like myself.

Bigger, better. Hmmmm. Customer service is a joke on normal days, but on a busy Sunday, one might as well pack a lunch because it is going to be awhile, a long while before you make your return or exchange.

But the creme de la creme is the checkout. Don't let the twenty something checkouts and massive express lanes fool you into thinking you can make a quick exit. Bigger Walmarts just mean bigger lineups. Seriously! Bring a book, a newspaper, needlepoint, a chess game or something. One might as well use the time in the lineup for something productive other than gazing at the gazillion "gotta have" products strategically placed along your mammoth journey through the check out. Even when it's not super busy, Super Walmart still has super lineups. My trick is to go the the electronics or watch/jewelery department and feign ignorance to checkout before my next birthday.



The lure of Walmart and Super Walmart for me and I am sure others is the one-stop shopping. You can pick up your cereal, spray paint, shaving cream, wiper blades, garden tools, asprin, carpet deodorizer, apples, window cleaner, chocolate chip cookies and pet food all in the same trip and if your fortunate enough, the cashier may just shove everything in the same super big bag!!

All this venting coming from a guy who loves Walmart and goes there for everything from motor oil to granola bars.

Is bigger always better?

You be the judge.

Dude Looks Like A Lady

Adam Lambert's performance at the recent 2009 American Music Awards, created a little bit of buzz, I'd say. Feigning fellatio and kissing a male band member on a nationally televised program, may not have been the best career move, or was it? Who knows these days, with all the of the publicity stunts to get your name out there. I mean, lying and saying your son is in a run-away weather balloon, crashing a White House state dinner, leaking a video of yourself having sex, all for some shame fame.

Well it worked, because Adam Lambert, wasn't even in my world prior to this incident! Since he is a post American Idol contestant, he will soon be out of it.

But what got me in this whole Adam Lambert affair, is the reaction of people, especially woman. "Oh, he's sooooo good looking, so leave him alone." "Oh he's soooo hot!" I'm like, good looking, hot!? Please, I saw a couple of pics and the dude looks like a lady.


Are woman young and old so confused today, that they find gay men, who look, primp and carry themselves like woman, attractive?

Come on, I never heard a guy say, "Oh K.D. Lang or Ellen Degenerate, oops I meant DeGeneres are sooooo hot!" Not even the honourable mention of being attractive!!

That's because guys don't find gay women, who like like men even remotely attractive.

At least I hope not.

Michael Vick, Not So Much

Haven't heard much from Michael Vick lately? No kidding! You can't spend two years in jail and miss playing the skilled position of Quarterback, in the National Football League and just pick up playing again.

After all, football is not like ballroom dancing. No offense Emitt Smith, Michael Irvine and Jason Taylor, of Dancing With The Stars, fame.

In fact, Vicks stats were very hard to find. Two completions in six attempts for, are you ready, six yards! Now, for all the exciting rushing yards. Are you ready......twelve carries for twenty seven yards. Yes, that's a whopping 2.3 yards per carry.

If Vick was in the army, he could be reported as missing in action. The Eagles probably will no pick up his option year, which means, you've heard the rumours, Buffalo here he comes.

An Email Between Friends

Me: Are you feeling anxious, afraid, lonely, confused, suicidal, angry, guilt ridden, tired, hateful, stressed, depressed, repressed..... sounds like you have a hole deep, deep inside, that only one person can reach.....!

Friend: Who are you talking to?

Me: Everyone .......

Friend: Who is the one that can help?

Me: Jesus! He puts everything in context and perspective! For example there will never be peace in the Middle East, so we can have all the peace accords, treaties etc. It will never happen. The word of God tells us as much. Men will cry, peace, peace and there never will be peace.

Those who have their eyes open are jaded by politicians, politics and their fanciful but hopeless politicing. Politicians and politics are not the answer. The answers don't come from within.

The answers, come from Jesus.

Religion and religious people have contributed to this messed up world for sure. But do you throw the baby out with the bath water?

An emphatic, no!

We are all searching for more. Something more than this existence!

Something so close but yet so far. Something far beyond wealth, status, fame, sex, drugs, music, power, idolatry, idealism, philosophy, mythology and yes even empty religiosity. People have tried all of these substitutes before and they are not happy, not at peace, but joyless and empty!

Did John Lennon, Princess Diana, Kurt Cobain, Michael Jackson, that German billionaire who committed suicide because his net worth was cut in half during the recession, seem at peace, seem content?

Looks like they were looking, for much more!!

Do Kanye West, Brittany Spears, Paris Hilton, Perez Hilton, Donald Trump, David Letterman and Oprah, can't forget Oprah, seem at peace to you, full of joy, contentment?

Looks like they are looking, for much more!!!

If you looking for more, look to Jesus!!