So the last few years I’ve used Super Bowl Sunday to catch up on my programs. But since Tom Brady and the rest of those scumbag Patriots aren’t playing, I figured I’d tune in.
Been a good one so far. It’s nice to see teams that can actually complete a pass, after watching our crappy NY teams all year.
The Niners running game has been awesome so far. They are picking up huge yards on every handoff. And Patrick Mahomes is hitting guys all over the place.
My two favorite commercials so far have been the Hyundai Boston commercial and the MC Hammer Cheetos commercial.
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This afternoon we went down to Long Beach for the Polar Plunge to benefit the Make a Wish Foundation. I didn’t plunge, but Timmy did. As well as thousands of others. It really was a sight to see.
Proud of my guy. He and a couple of his buddies dove in. This event may have had colder days or days with snow on the ground, but it was cold enough down there today. A great way to spend Super Bowl Sunday as opposed to watching 12 hours of pregame shows.
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I try not be that a-hole who blames a whole generation for the problems of the world.
For example, I'm not going to blame baby boomers for screwing up the country, although the last 4 Presidents have been boomers (3 of them born within weeks of each other). My parents are baby boomers, and my Mom is the most amazing person I know of, and all my Dad did was nearly sacrifice his life for our country, as did many other men his age. We're very fortunate to have these people in our lives.
I'm also not going to bitch about how lazy and spoiled millennials are because that's a load of crap too. One of my sisters is a millennial and she works her a$$ off. And at both my jobs, Mercy and the Post, I'm on teams that are made up of millennials, and I can tell you right now, if I were starting my own business, I'd hire the three from the Post, and the four from Mercy in a heartbeat. They are smart, hard-working and kind. And I'm fortunate to have them as co-workers.
And of course I'm not going to take the blame for the world's problems, nor lay it at the feet of my fellow Generation X'ers. My other sister is Generation X, as are my wife, sisters-in-law, brothers-in-law and about 95% of my friends.
But whoever is the next generation after the millennials will have to explain who the hell thought this TikTok Penny Challenge was an idea of fun?
Now some might say that me writing about this is promoting this stupidity, but I know anybody who is reading this tonight is smart enough not to try it. So I won't even bother stating DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME (OR ANYWHERE FOR THAT MATTER)
Per GlobalNews.ca-
...prompting young people to slide a coin between a phone charger loosely plugged into an outlet and record the results.
It’s being called the #OutletChallenge or the #PennyChallenge, and several videos of it have been shared to the platform in recent days.
Most of the videos show coins being dropped between a charger and a wall outlet, causing large sparks of electricity. The people trying the challenge, typically kids or teens, can be seen jumping back or shrieking in response.
Look, I realize we have all done stupid stuff out of boredom. Karl (the Ace) Ludwig once figured a job he was on was punishment for something he had done in his impetuous youth. He then told me he realized in less than 5 seconds, my brain had come up with about 50 things he had done and he TMIA for not sharing any of them. Why would I? I was probably involved in 49 of them.
But I never f-cked with fire or electricity, and I don't know anyone who has.
A couple of years ago they had the Tide Pod Challenge. Kids were biting into pods filled with laundry detergent, to the point where Tide had to put Do Not Eat on the box. WTF?
I know I'm going to sound like an old fart here (which I am) but you have iPads and computer games out the wazoo, there's a million things to read, or watch, or play that don't involve bodily harm. Maybe I'm just a big wimp. (That's not really a maybe) But even when I started boozing, I knew enough not to touch fire or electricity. And the closest I came to eating a Tide Pod was getting hammered at Hickey's and going across the street for a slice of pizza at Sludgies.
Every year before the Super Bowl, CBS has a show (Usually hosted by WFAN morning man Boomer Esiason) that shows some of the upcoming Super Bowl Commercials. Two thoughts
1) A show about commercials? That's like Kramer's coffee book table book about coffee tables.
2) Isn't part of the fun seeing the commercial for the first time DURING the game?
Now since I haven't watched the Super Bowl in about 5 years, the show is kind of fun for me. But now that I'm kind of into this game, I'm glad I didn't see the show first.
Enjoy the rest of the game.
and Have a great week
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