Blogging. What’s it all about? Every time I sit down to write a blog post, I freeze. Writer’s block is not something that happens to me very often, but in this case, I’m not sure what’s interesting enough in my life and the lives of others around me to write about.
Blogging about sports is a good place to start. Watching the Timberwolves play the Miami Heat and realizing just what a dull and uninteresting franchise they are. Notice I didn’t use the words “professional sports” in front of the word “franchise.” I’m honestly not sure they qualify. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a team revamp virtually their entire roster and not reap any kind of rewards.
I suppose I need to give them time. We’ve already given them decades and gotten a couple of good seasons for all of our patience. Where have you gone, KG? Can I ask an honest question? As good as the big KAT is, IS he the right guy to lead this franchise into the future? Fantastic offensive talent. Lousy and disinterested on the defensive end. This is a team that cannot play a lick of defense. Great to score 137 points, unless you give up 140 to the opposition. It’s still a loss.
The NFL Combine is in full swing and I couldn’t be more blasé to the whole thing. Why am I so uninspired about the Vikings and their potential future draft choices? What direction is this franchise going in and how are they going to disappoint their fans next? I mentioned this in an earlier post, but I think it bears repeating; WHY do you want to be a running team first and spend so damn much on a quarterback and two wide receivers? I’m getting a bit of a mixed message here.
By the way, isn’t the NFL a passing league now? And if that’s the case, does Zimmer’s insistence on running the ball mean the game has passed him by a little bit? Not saying it has or it hasn’t. Just reading the tea leaves here.
On to other topics. What’s up with the coronavirus outbreak? Have you seen the hysteria surrounding the “Pandemic?” I’ve been looking behind the headlines and am finding out that the coronavirus fatality rate appears to be three percent. My South Dakota/Minnesota math tells me that 97 percent of the people who are infected appear to actually survive? If that is the case, WHY are we hearing about a “global epidemic” in every major news outlet, making it sound like the second coming of the plague? What don’t I know about this?
Why am I still on social media? I was just perusing a short time ago and couldn’t believe how much the current president is being skewered over the coronavirus. And before you get snippy, I didn’t vote for him. If I blamed presidents I didn’t vote for as much as the current political left does, NOTHING would get done. Ever. Didn’t vote for Clinton either. I’d give my kingdom for a reliable third-party candidate or possibly a middle-of-the-road Democrat. The current list of Democratic presidential candidates are all bat-crap crazy. Not sure the incumbent is a great option either.
I really enjoyed social media when it was first ramping up. After all, I’d just left full-time media for the first time in my adult life and it was my only outlet to keep doing what I loved. I really don’t enjoy it much anymore. Have we as a society ALWAYS been this spiteful and vindictive? Is social media just a convenient outlet for all that vitriol we’ve been saving up? Frankly, the behavior of grown adults on social media is the same thing we all remember growing up during the turbulent teenage years.
Well, there you go. Almost 700 words later and I guess the writer’s block is gone? I do welcome comments when I’m done blogging. You don’t have to agree with me. Just don’t be a jerk about it. Let’s be adults and educate each other about the things we don’t know. Be willing to listen to other people’s point of view once in a while. You and I both might learn something. Think I’ll try this blogging thing again really soon.