I decided to skip summarizing our city stops on our 60-day journey.  You can read those postings at  Seattle ,  Chihuly Museum ,  Amsterdam  and  Zurich. As would be expected,  Time' s  2024 Person of the Year will be Donald Trump .   Is it  because he was the most fabulous individual of the year? Nope.  To quote. A person, group, idea, or object that "for better or for worse ... has done the most to influence the events of the year". [ 2 ] Time   points out that controversial figures such as   Adolf Hitler (1938);   Joseph Stalin   (1939 and 1942);   Nikita Khrushchev   (1957); and   Ayatollah Khomeini (1979) have also been granted the title for their impact on events. [ 16 ] Here, read the  Time  2January1939  article about Adolf Hitler .  Turns out that the just-elected president of the USA is now ALWAYS the Person of the Year. Other noteworthy selections. The first...

The Game: Taylor Swift arrived at Allegiant Stadium  with her mom and friends at  11:22AM , Hawaii Time. She was wearing Black, so at +550, this color would have resulted in a payoff of $65 if you bet $10.  Well, she was carrying a red jacket, but that's secondary. Game started a shade after 1:30PM Hawaii time.  I was standing in line at 15 Craigside to pick up beer, hot dog and boiled peanuts, so missed the kick-off. The  Kansas Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers in overtime, 25-22.   It was as good as the Super Bowl has ever been, with Patrick Mahomes being the Most Valuable Player.  He didn't propose to anyone, as he is already married, so that bet lost ( look at my posting of Saturday about what this means ). Proposition results: National Anthem :  Reba McEntire took 95 seconds, longer than average for her.    There was chaos  because the under/over was 91 or 91.5, but she repeated the ending, which some sportsbooks nullified....

Why is the number 58 important this year?  This happens to be Super Bowl LVIII, roman numeral for 58.  Try to find Super Bowl 58 on any logo.  Maybe on a jersey. Alex Barrett of the 49ers will be the only #58 on the field.  Why does the NFL want to confuse people with a numbering system no one really knows? “The Roman numerals were adopted to clarify any confusion that may occur because the NFL Championship Game — the Super Bowl — is played in the year following a chronologically recorded season,” the NFL once wrote in a   postseason media handout . The thing about the Super Bowl is that it is not just a football game.  I went to a theater for the very first after the pandemic when I saw a double-bill of  Barbie  and  Oppenheimer .  I would never go to see  Barbie , which for me was colorful, and that was about it.  Loved  Oppenheimer  because that's the kind of film I like.  I predicted it would someday win a bu...