I had to check to see who else is playing. May the best team win.
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Almost by definition. But I remember a time when a minister was asked to deliver the blessing at a high school football game in Texas (of course). Instead of praying for the home team to win, as was expected, he prayed that none of the players would be hurt, on either side. He was accused of being disloyal, but he stood his ground, and the whole thing blew over by and by.
Speaking of injuries...
Me, I follow football, although my interest waned when the 49ers coach found no more rabbits to pull out of his hat. His damaged team, using many third-string players, somehow made it to the playoffs. I did watch some of the playoff games and was surprised at how many of them were played in blizzard conditions, when the players couldn't even see the lines on the field.
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I'm having a quiet day at home, getting some writing done, and glad to be in the mood to do it
Why, that- RADICAL!
My dad loved football, so I watched games with him until I moved away from home half a century ago. My children both participated in team sports for a couple years each. Those experiences were valuable, but their decisions to pursue other forms of physical activity were heartily welcomed by my husband and me. The level of fervor aroused in some people by team competition is a wee bit creepy at times.
Scrabble is different. Naturally one plays Scrabble for blood.
I'm usually an NFC fan (e.g. "Packers") but this year I think the Patriots are the better story line. So they have my vote.
It seems always to shock the casual Scrabble player when things get ugly.
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I don't consider myself a competitive person, but my heart does sing when I prevail at Scrabble
Please, sir. I never get ugly over Scrabble.
I merely become focussed.
It's a fine line.Please, sir. I never get ugly over Scrabble.
When I've played Scrabble with casuals, it's pretty much always the first and last time. Sigh.
This outdoor game in Tampa has been insane. We got a GOALIE FIGHT, plus it was 5-1 Boston, yet now it's tied 5-5 with five minutes left in the third. A game for the ages.
This outdoor game in Tampa has been insane. We got a GOALIE FIGHT, plus it was 5-1 Boston, yet now it's tied 5-5 with five minutes left in the third. A game for the ages.
It is an uncrossable line.
He sounds like my kind of parson. Father Mulcahy would be proud.
I played Association Football ("soccer" to any Americans) for decades, but I had to give it up because I was always getting injured. I played goalkeeper, a position that requires agility, stamina, and the endurance to take knocks. I had all kinds of injuries: elbows to the ribs, elbows to the head, being kicked in the groin (all accidents, I assure you). But the worst injury was one that I was no part of: the team's first-pick goalkeeper was one day tackled so hard that his leg was broken and he spent the rest of the season on crutches.
After that, I was quite happy to hang up my studs.And this is why I smile wryly whenever anyone bad-mouths "soccer" in comparison to American football, along the strains of "It's not a 'real man's' game", "a game for sissies" etc. American football players wear helmets. When I got knocked in the head, I was wearing a cap. So I had to retire off the field and get ice for my aching head, but I was out there again 10 minutes later.
But never mind. The two games are obviously different and require different skills. Comparing them, like some people seem to do, makes no sense.
I only ever played sports that involved a racquet. Sometimes a bat or a paddle. Something I could accidently hit my opponent with.
Steve Young, one of the most successful quarterbacks in the NFL, likened each game he played to a "minor car crash." He was smart enough to quit the game before he became truly maimed, unlike his predecessor Joe Montana, who can barely walk these days.minutes later.
But never mind. The two games are obviously different and require different skills. Comparing them, like some people seem to do, makes no sense.
They're all sissy games compared to activities involving equines.
Today was a perfectly beautiful day, suitable for late October.
Heck, who needs snowpack and groundwater recharge anyway?
Heck, who needs snowpack and groundwater recharge anyway?
