We lost Howard Zinn and J.D. Salinger last month. May The Pulse continue a tradition among artists, journalists and historians of creative expression, dissension and challenging the established society.
Junior is getting around really well now. He doesn’t show much interest in crawling, but somehow gets from point to point. I leave him on one spot of the floor, turn around, and he’s three feet from where he was left. It must be a graceful combination of scooting along on his butt and magic. And tumbling headfirst.
We knew it would happen, but didn’t know it would happen this soon: I leave him on the rug and a couple of minutes later he’s up to his chubby little wrists in the cat’s food. He’s getting stronger, and more curious, and that could be a dangerous mix.
Everything’s “unsafe” now. Anywhere he sits, there’s something within three feet of him that could seriously injure one tumbling headfirst into it. But he’s a survivor, and ready for his first Super Bowl. I will remind you he was born on a significant day in sports, when the Penguins defeated the Red Wings for the NHL title, but yes, a young boy’s first Super Bowl.
This will be the twentieth Super Bowl I can remember. I’ve been around for a few more years than that, and vaguely remember some reason why Montana was great, but XXV was the first I watched through. The Giants took that one (the only one-point Super Bowl game ever), after an infamous last-second miss by Scott Norwood, thus beginning the Bills’ historic losing streak.
The rumor was the Super Bowl is always a blowout, but in the past 20 years it seems the game has usually been exciting and competitive. I’d say five blowouts over the past 20 games.
Last year’s could have been the best ever though, as far as an exciting game and ending goes. From Big Ben and James Harrison to the Elway helicopter, to the Leon Lett fumble, to the Aikman, the Brady, the Montana and Elway forever and ever.
How many will Manning capture?
Though there are some obvious differences in the two artists in the CD review section this edition, there is one striking similarity—their love for the Coffee Tin font, and music.
Keep doing your thing.
Peace
