Entertainig Myself in South Florida 2/21/2008

We are still in South Florida, but will be moving north on Saturday. There is not a lot going on; Madeline is trying to spend all possible time with her son, and his family. Tonight she is making a big dinner --- leg of lamb with all the trimmings.
Watching TV has been getting interesting recently. With the writer’s strike on so long, most of the original programming ceased, to be replace with “reality TV” -- which was generally horrendous. However, I am a pro football fan; so much of January was devoted to my brand of reality TV, i.e. unrehearsed pro football games: with the wild card games, followed by semifinal games, etc to the Super bowl.
But foot ball season is over, but I have found something even better ---- the presidential primaries. This year the primaries are especially interesting with a rich blend of characters: an African American, a female, who hopes to become a member of a dynasty (after Hillary, why not Bill again – and then eventually Chelsea?), an aging cranky veteran (bring back the movie “Cranky Old Men”), a Mormon (Is a Mormon, a Christian, and what’s this about Lucifer?), an affable born-again Christian, who plays folk music, and does not believe in evolution , and a yuppie, handsome lawyer, born in a mill town and with some very serious and distracting health issues in his family. Wow! Some of the candidates feel entitled to the nomination – some will change their story to fit any particular audience and we have some very impressive speakers and others who are rather shrill and strident. Wow, if this were in a novel, we would think the characters were over drawn, and their actions and dialog unlikely.
Well, as far as the campaign goes, we are already through the wild card games, and going into the semifinals. And there are so many answered questions. When will they go negative? What new trick will be pulled, just before they vote in Texas and Ohio –What attack will be revealed just in time to go before the electorate, but too late to be answered by the one attacked? After delegates are pledged, will some be induced to change their minds? Will secret deals be made to change their minds?
So this has been my source of entertainment, since the end of football season.