Are You The Weatherman?

I went to go see The Weatherman tonight. Good movie for people my age. It is about mid-life and how do we end up where we are, etc. It did it in a realistic way without all the cliches of buying a Porsche, etc.

At the end of the movie, the 19-20 year old crowd behind me was heard muttering about the movie being disappointing. (Okay, they really said, "it sucked.") I held my tongue, but I wanted to ask them to watch it again in 20 years and give me a review.

So for everyone 35 and older, I gave it 3 out of 4 stars. For everyone else, go watch Doom.

Good Lyric, Bad Idea

"I'm going to live every day like its my last."

Bullshit. No one ever really does and I'll tell you why. Life is a marathon, not a sprint. If you try to sprint the whole thing, you ain't gonna finish. It might sound pretty in every other country and western song, but I wouldn't recommend it.

Would I like to spend every day skipping work, skydiving, riding rollercoasters, punching out the redneck with the Confederate Flag bumper sticker, enjoying a George Carlin show, putting $50,000 on 24/Black, and finishing it with a candlelight dinner with Lisa? Hell, yeah! But at some point the kids want some groceries.

My Sad Relationship

Football. Nothing like seeing a football thrown in a tight spiral. That quick little move by a punt returner that leaves the coverage team looking for their shoes. A cornerback that lures a quarterback into a bad decision and dances the other way for the TD. Violent poetry.

So I'm sad to say that I have slowly lost interest. As I grow older I am much quicker to see how it brings out the worst in people. Fans that have long ago forgotten to see a game objectively. Steroids. Violence. Greed. (Way to go Vikings! You bring honor on the sport! Ahem.) Do these things outweigh a few hours of entertainment? More and more, the answer is no.