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WHY YOU MIGHT AS WELL WATCH THE SUPER BOWL

Two-thirds of Americans watched at least part of Super Bowl 56.  However, most went on to other things.  Spend your Sunday as you normally would anyway. Go to church. Shop. Watch your friends/family play softball. Spend a day at the beach. Hike up a mountain. See Netflix or go to a movie. Get an early dinner at a restaurant, if on the East Coast. Or a leisurely lunch at your favorite Sunday place. Etc. In other words, you can do all the above, and still watch the Super Bowl at 1:30PM ET.  On the East Coast it will be getting dark.  On the West Coast it will be past mid-afternoon.  Even in Hawaii the start time is 1:30PM.  For those who just don't like to watch sports, the commercials are almost worthwhile.  Plus, after all of that, you'll be a better conversationalist in your everyday life. Here is something that should interest you.   Phoenix hosts both the Super Bowl and WM Golf Tournament, the latter, which completes a 4-day tournament today, is known as The Greatest Show on

IS THIS THE HOT SUMMER THAT FINALLY SCARES DECISION MAKERS TO TAKE GLOBALLY WARMING SERIOUSLY?

I'll answer that question at the beginning.  NO!  I've long felt that someday, some cataclysmically hot summer will finally convince the world to be serious about global warming.  While there is no doubt temperatures are continuing to go up, this summer is not showing that decisive sign. Sure, London finally hit 104F, the highest in recorded history.  I remember I one day landed at Heathrow when the temperature was only 100F.  And there were problems.  I went on to Dublin, and it was only 98F, but the hot topic of the day there was a warning for farmers to place sunblock on cow udders.   To quote : Of course, I thought about protecting myself, too, so I went to a department store but couldn’t f ind any for humans. After much scurrying around, I finally was able to purchase a small tube of Johnson and Johnson for a ridiculously high price. It went on fine, although it seemed to stain everything white, but just wouldn’t come off, even with soap. I think I bought something for cow