I’m going to have to give him a try. Alternate reality fiction is fascinating when done well. But stay away from Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry, which in my fever addled brain I initially read when you posted. That shit will bore you to tears faster than you can say cowpoke. I spent much of last week sick as a dog, but recovered enough over the last two days that we’re going ahead with our annual Super bowl party . The food is pretty basic- wings and subs and whatever the guests bring, but my specialty is the chili. The pot gets licked clean every time. This year I added about half a cup of maple bacon bourbon for a special kick.
I would suggest starting with "In the Balance" from his World War series. You'll end up seven books deep, but it's a damn good series. I'm on my second read through and three books in it's just as good as I remember.
I'd never listened to Maroon 5 before (Even though I was offered a free ticket to go see them a few weeks ago), but I'll give him this: Dude has a great voice. Not my style of music, but he's got some serious pipes.
You bite your misbegotten tongue. Lonesome Dove is a goddamn national treasure. It's the reason I learned to really love prostitutes and sourdough biscuits.
Not only did we have to watch the Patriots in the Super bowl, and win it, yet again, they managed to fuck me out of winning $400 by kicking that field goal. Because it’s all about me.
The most exciting part was the hard fought competition between the media outlets during Brady’s hug session.
Not to mention that despite 6 Super Bowl rings and fucking a super model every night, Brady has a bald spot. I, at least, still have more of my hair. That doesn't make me better or even on the same playing field, but fuck him. I don't have a bald spot. Loser.
Speaking of Turtledove and alternate history...I never realized that Mordechai Anielewicz was a historical figure. He was a Jewish resistance fighter in Poland who was murdered in his mid twenties. Read the link, it's quite interesting and will lead you to feel bad about your lifetime accomplishments. The guy was a bad ass. His girlfriend Mira Fuchrer was the female equivalent of a bad ass.
Honestly I thought it was boring. But in any event, it’s been a long 3 months since the last Boston championship. I almost forgot what this feels like.
The game was meh, the commercials were meh, the halftime show was meh. But, I still enjoyed it as a mega event. (New TV, woo!) I thought the Jason Bateman Hyundai commercial was good and the Michael (Bublé) Bubly was pretty good. The best one for me was the resurrected Toyota Supra. That car looks badass. I don't remember this commercial during the actual game, but read about it later. Apparently, there was an actual one night Broadway musical, too? That's pretty meta. https://www.polygon.com/2019/2/3/18209843/skittles-super-bowl-commercial-broadway-musical ETA: Gladys Knight killed the National Anthem. That was great. A true legend and still got it.
It was an excellent anthem, especially for a 74 year old. The two girls that sang America the Beautiful did a great job too. The saddest part was that a lot of twitter users thought that that was the national anthem...
Idiots. Everyone knows the American national anthem is “Courtesy Of The Red, White And Blue” by Toby Keith. Esquire.