Never enough time

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I know the NFL likes to milk its lock on Sundays and television ratings, but two overtime games? Come on! Talk about the rich getting richer.

But seriously, who can complain? Give me more, more, more. Possible blown calls aside, this was good football. And who am I kidding–good television!

I’d call the games “one for two” as far as who I wanted to win (never, never want the Patriots to win), but setting up a Boston-LA final? Yeah, that sounds good. Waiting 13 days for this is going to make the Cuban Missile Crisis look like waiting six seconds for the microwave.

Commence Super Bowl pre-game show immediately!

Traveling Wizards

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My local NBA team (that would be the Washington Wizards) has had sort of a rough go of it this season, but how many NBA teams can say they’ve won games on two continents this year?

Following a 101-100 win over the Knicks in London last night… at least one. (And the bizarre ending just made it that much funnier.)

Now if they could just win a few more on this continent.

This week is timeless

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Still basking in the glow of Syracuse’s win over Duke Monday night. That would be top-ranked Duke. At Duke!

Also, it’s Wednesday and I still haven’t had to go to work on time any day this week. Tell the kids to set their clocks for time-and-a-half again today. Ninety minutes worth of material in sixty minutes, no extra charge.

This is how we roll.

New book in the Neighborhood

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If you grew up in the ’80s you’re a fan of Mr. Rogers. It’s just a given. Yes, Mr. Rogers from PBS… no first name needed.

Of course when a new book comes out about the man I’m going to read it, and Maxwell King’s recent addition to this collection (The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers) does Mr. Rogers’s life and work justice. In the past year we’ve seen and heard much about Mr. Rogers and a celebration of his life and work, as 2018 marked 50 years since Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood came to public television.

You know what’s even better than all these books and documentaries (and forthcoming movie with none other than Tom Hanks as Mr. Rogers)? Actually watching old episodes of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, available on Amazon and at least quasi-legally on youtube. (It’s public television, after all.)

Somehow old episodes of Mr. Rogers still go over in 2019. Even in an age of Tweets and explosions and 10-second soundbites, the show works.

I’ve got a second-generation Rogers fan at home to prove it.