tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post6986905647198302832..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: America the BeautifulElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-8859159885342065602013-02-06T17:53:04.273-08:002013-02-06T17:53:04.273-08:00Another thankful day without cable. I hadn't h...Another thankful day without cable. I hadn't heard about the children. That's awful.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10818795902981871173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-66752987075883218572013-02-04T23:17:01.981-08:002013-02-04T23:17:01.981-08:00I should add that ignorance of the Super Bowl is y...I should add that ignorance of the Super Bowl is yet another advantage of being overseas. I didn't even hear about that Newtown choir. Yikes! That would have bothered me, too.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-19620524089013637572013-02-04T23:14:00.304-08:002013-02-04T23:14:00.304-08:00Hmmmm...I've never seen that movie. Must check...Hmmmm...I've never seen that movie. Must check it out!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-81464595341768172232013-02-04T18:43:49.763-08:002013-02-04T18:43:49.763-08:00I didn't see the game but had the same concern...I didn't see the game but had the same concerns when I heard about the choir. fullsoulahead.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053261523883986863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-16531234187475032842013-02-04T18:16:15.334-08:002013-02-04T18:16:15.334-08:00You always make me feel better -- like there are a...You always make me feel better -- like there are actually sane people in this world. I'm not kidding.SJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14174193133138897712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-68381515546343093792013-02-04T17:10:52.616-08:002013-02-04T17:10:52.616-08:00I did comment here but it somehow isn't showin...I did comment here but it somehow isn't showing up. <br />I'm with you. There is a vast sickness which has taken hold of this nation. To my notion, it is infesting the whole country with a mentality that I don't understand at all. <br />Dress it up in the flag and put it out there and you can get away with anything somehow. <br />Another thing- I believe you are one of the sanest people I have ever known.<br /><br />Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-55705778912463184532013-02-04T12:38:52.999-08:002013-02-04T12:38:52.999-08:00it was like the lead-up to Christmas in America - ...it was like the lead-up to Christmas in America - dominating most news casts (news? really?) and I don't usually watch. especially this year when I was visiting my grandson -- who needs Superbowl b.s. when there's a 17 mos. old to play with? Yeah, though I didn't see the children singing, it does seem a very odd/weird thing to do. Haven't they been traumatized and exploited enough? What was the point? Ugh.Taradharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17665801586196931603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-59360271928253316392013-02-04T10:10:43.834-08:002013-02-04T10:10:43.834-08:00I have never been a Superbowl fan. I spent yesterd...I have never been a Superbowl fan. I spent yesterday evening at Trader Joe's, thrilled to have the aisles to myself. I never saw Days of Heaven, but reading this made me want to.Pauline Gaineshttp://www.perilsofdivorcedpauline.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-82719396471477051412013-02-04T09:54:41.438-08:002013-02-04T09:54:41.438-08:00yeah, i missed it all. the tv was off in our hous...yeah, i missed it all. the tv was off in our house all evening. my hubs went out to watch it at a bar, but returned right around half-time. he was tired and, as a non-sports guy, didn't really give a sh*t what happened. he just felt he "should" watch it since he has testosterone and all... im just hearing bits and pieces today about all the events and commercials etc but have to say my life went on without a beat :)Alicia Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06244714478310893367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-10047824020195245042013-02-04T09:45:49.837-08:002013-02-04T09:45:49.837-08:00I missed most of it, having chosen to take the dog...I missed most of it, having chosen to take the dog for a walk and read a good book. I am consistently stymied by what the marketing executives and sportscasters and television moguls think they know about the average American. I do not understand why we simultaneously hear that consistent exposure to violence in movies and video games has no impact on our psyche, but billions of dollars are spent to show us a 30 or 60 second commercial that is supposed to convince us to purchase something we don't need. <br /><br />Today, I will surround myself in my own bubble with meditation and books and furry pets and be glad it's over for another year.kariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10150537989886423212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-72884672886330945062013-02-04T09:32:55.047-08:002013-02-04T09:32:55.047-08:00Tree of Life was my least favorite of Malick's...Tree of Life was my least favorite of Malick's movies. I had a hard time during the dinosaur moments and I can't stand Sean Penn, so it was a difficult watch. I did like the mother and her boys and the sort of lyrical beauty and horror of their home life. Days of Heaven is so different -- it's short and has spectacular cinematography -- I'm not sure how it would play on a tv screen, though.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-26498643365108468512013-02-04T09:28:13.913-08:002013-02-04T09:28:13.913-08:00It made me uncomfortable, the way U2's half ti...It made me uncomfortable, the way U2's half time show bothered me when they rolled the names of all the victims of 9-11 on a massive screen behind Bono. As for football, I'm a huge Broncos fan who often feels alienated by the sexism in the ads and inherent in the presence of cheerleaders. I do hope to one day see women playing in the NFL--perhaps Sam Gordon, the girl who scored 35 touchdowns for her (I believe otherwise all male) little league team in Salt Lake City, of all places. As for Malick, I really wanted to like Tree of Life. I'll give Days of Heaven a try.Vesuvius At Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02783271096885148080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-87908384023017189222013-02-04T09:24:07.022-08:002013-02-04T09:24:07.022-08:00There is a huge disconnect that I can't quite ...There is a huge disconnect that I can't quite put my finger on. My father was an NFL referee and so I have always watched the Super Bowl and have even attended a couple... my husband and I were talking last night how they are all the same regardless of the teams, scripted and commercial... and how we all seem to gather to watch a "sporting" event and critique the advertising. There is no soul to it. I feel uncomfortable with how they have "sainted" Ray Lewis and he has become god's mouthpiece when he probably should be in jail for murder. We truly are an insatiable consumer society. I'm just hoping the power outage was not part of the show, but maybe some Katrina karma to inconvenience the spectators. Glad you chose to disengage... I've yet to do it.AnnDeOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06924496553474813816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-33652773103304542092013-02-04T08:47:55.391-08:002013-02-04T08:47:55.391-08:00I was fixing dinner, a nice dish of roasted fennel...I was fixing dinner, a nice dish of roasted fennel and salmon with a roasted lemon, honey and fresh herb vinaigrette. My husband almost reflexively had turned the TV on to watch the Superbowl (even though we have both almost quit watching TV mainly because it's mostly crap and takes time away from the good stuff). I heard the children singing through a large opening we have between kitchen and family room, and stepped around to see who was singing. When I realized who those children were, I felt ill. Supper, later, tasted like ground glass.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06579979064302832829noreply@blogger.com