Jamesian Philosophy Refreshed

  I realize that you, dear reader, can hardly believe that the Super Bowl is over until you hear about it from me. So, here we go. I'll say something about the game today -- I may say a few words about the ads that played during its run, later this week.  The only point I want to make is: yes that was an awful game. The Chiefs never even seemed to show up until near the end when the cause was lost.  That long pass into the end zone near the end of the fourth quarter, and then the two-point conversion to make it an 8 point touchdown -- THAT was a bit of derring do that made the final score seem less lopsided and less ugly. But it also raised the question: since the Chiefs are capable of such explosive play as that, WHERE HAD THOSE CHIEFS BEEN?  There were no omens of disaster in the very early going. The Eagles received the opening kickoff routinely, so that the first play from scrimmage took place at the 30 yard line. That first play got them four yards. If those fac...

Yes, Brady kicked butt. The Greatest of All Time in professional football, the Tiger Woods or Ken Jennings of his sport put on a demonstration of what a GOAT looks like in action.   Though he is now sailing under the piratical banner of the Tampa Bay Buccs, whenever I hear an announcer calling a Brady pass to Gronkowski I naturally think I'm watching a Patriots game.  This was fun. The half time show, less so. Maybe the symbolism of the ranks and files of masked up (bandaged up?) faces escaped me. I fear that, like my contemporaries in general, I'm out of touch with youth culture, so I certainly didn't recognize the music. Some of the ads were clever. I enjoyed the Paramount ads, in which Patrick Stewart, unseen, was urging various pop culture figures to keep climbing a mountain.  Beavis and Butthead were involved. Huh huh, nhuh huh.  There was also a gig-economy ad for a service that helps you create a website for your own gig-economy business. The ad involved ...