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| ABFA and BRS Have a Right to Smile Today |
I grew up with a Patriots team that was
the laughing stock of the NFL. I say that now that they have evolved into the most
dominant dynasty in the history of the league winning their sixth Super Bowl
championship last night. They turned the clock back and delivered a defensive effort
for the ages. In this time of freewheeling offenses they locked down and embarrassed
a young quarterback who looked completely overwhelmed for the entire game. The
defense was needed because the Rams were almost as good on their side limiting
Sir Thomas to modest offensive gains as well.
The game was tied 3-3 going into the
final quarter but I was eerily calm in my lonely Man Cave. When the Pats got
the ball back and the crowd started chanting his name, the Greatest Quarterback
of All Time delivered. Brady moved the team down for the game’s only touchdown
which came, appropriately, on a running play where the Patriots’ blockers out
physicalled their opponents and imposed their will.
In a sport where too many of the stars
want to call attention to themselves both during and outside of games it was
gratifying to see the Patriots teach the importance of a complete team effort;
where the result of the group is more important than personal accolades. It
warms my heart to think about how this win was received from the self-important
Pittsburgh fans that treated Keene Friend and I so rudely a few years back.
Karma can be a deathly cold bitch at times.
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| FBR is also Wearing a Pats Smile |
Going back to my initial comment about
where the Patriots have evolved from, there is hope for cities like Cleveland.
It can be done (of course they fired Belichick). This was my loneliest Super
Bowl ever which made the jumping up and cheering I did seem a little silly but thoroughly
enjoyed otherwise. I ate way too much food after a trip to the grocery store
provided enough to feed at least an infantry squad. I did get periodic check ins
from my Favorite Panamanian who attended a Super Bowl party with her cousins.
They were asking why there wasn’t more scoring. I didn’t have time or
credentials to give them a block of instruction on the defensive excellence on
display.
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| Favorite Son and BRS at Game time |
I also checked in after the game with
both kids. My Favorite Son was up much later than he’s used to but was
extremely psyched. The FBR had departed the realm for slumber before the game,
which is still a complete mystery to her, concluded. Her parents are raising
her correctly as her garb displays. The same is going on down in New Jersey
although the FBR will face a steeper slope since she’s growing up just a few
miles from the home stadium of the Jets. She still proudly wears her Brady gear
and can deliver a “Go Pats!” with the best of them.
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| FBR Imposing Chaos |
Her parents arranged for a group of friends
and their children to watch the game and I fondly remembered the absolute chaos
of the first playoff games I watched down there in similar circumstances just a
few weeks ago. I caught up with them after the game and they admitted to being
the only Patriots’ fans in the room which must have made it sweet. The chaos
level appeared evident from the debris strewn about the room from the FBR and
her cohorts who could only stay up for the first half. I was impressed at the level
of destruction achieved in that short time span.
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| Mini-Brady Lady |
It’ll be a few days before I write
here again because I’m off on my own southern escape early tomorrow morning. I
have a couple errands to run on Wednesday but should be firmly ensconced in our
condo by Thursday awaiting the arrival of the entire gang for a memorable vacation
together. We now have something else to celebrate, not that we needed any additional
motivation.
While waiting for the game to start I
snuck down to the cinema to see Miss Bala. I’m a huge fan of Gina Rodriguez and
I felt frustrated that she was given this as a vehicle. She plays an L.A.
makeup artist who’d drawn into Tijuana drug wars when she visits a friend there.
A drug lord uses her first as a drug mule, then a beauty queen, and finally as
an assassin. I know the filmmakers were trying to tap into the female
empowerment vibe but this didn’t work. It was a hard to imagine a more inept
drug cartel as well as the other power brokers supposedly tugging our heroine
in multiple directions. Rodriguez gamely tries to make it all work but she’s eventually
overwhelmed by the inanity. She deserves better.
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RECURRING
CHARACTERS
BRS - Blog Reader the Sequel - second granddaughter; FBR
- First Blog Reader - first granddaughter, ABFA –
Amazing Best Family Athlete = my daughter in law, formerly known both as MEF – Most Excellent Fiancé
& MEG – Most Excellent Girlfriend; Wingman – my son
in law; Keene Friends 1 & 2 – friends since high school
from my home town of Keene, NH; Soxfather - my brother in law; Great
Aunt = my elder sister; Cantankerous Friend – friend since
grade school who likes to argue about everything, poses as radical leftist to
attract women; Pittsburgh College Roommate – high school
friend, also a “Minor Celebrity” in Pittsburgh; Deckzilla
– our backyard deck which
grew to monstrous dimensions once my wife got involved in planning; Maine
and Virginia Musqueteras – two close friends of my wife – her US
sisters, my wife is the 3rdmusquetera (musketeer); Buddy – AKA
the Wonder Pooch – family dog, a black lab – hates squirrels, died
in 2017; Riggins - also known as the Grandpuppy,
son's dog, surrogate grandchild while awaiting arrival of the BRS; PanaGals –
female relatives/friends of my wife from Panama; Panamanian/Latin Mafia –
inevitable group of Latino friends my wife accumulates wherever we have lived
& their spouses; Neighborhood Mafioso - wife's close
friend and Panamanian mafia member, Favorite Panamanian - the wife
(of course); First Friday – celebrations to mark the First Friday
of the Week; Excellent Boss – my former direct boss at
work; Deckzilla Dude – senior
citizen carpenter/contractor; Voices of Inappropriate Worth -
members of public who come to every Worcester public meeting to complain, all
are on public assistance along with demeanor issues
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