Nature, War and the Super Bowl - I'm pumped and ready to Ramble

Wars bring peace -- eventually, maybe not in our lifetime but it's inevitable, because nothing lasts forever. Humans will continue to evolve. The battle that continues in Iraq is playground stuff. It will be soon forgotten and the world will go back to talking about Laverne and Shirley reruns at the water cooler (I'm just guessing). Many people have some serious wars going on in their lives at all times. However some wars are not unlike the Super Bowl -- one Sunday, then it's over. On Super Bowl Sunday opposing players get pumped up for battle and the team with the heaviest artillery usually wins. Nothing is real, everything is synthetic. I was an NFL football fan once -- but no more. Where is the challenge in today's sports, when the players with the best drugs dominate, it's akin to inheriting $20 million dollars (as a young adult) then having to go out into the world to "make it on your own." Can this be much of a challenge? Once the players are on the field, I have no doubt that it's like an out of body experience where the drugs take over, add adrenaline to the mix and those sculpted masses of beings are pure hard hitting entertainment (sometimes referred to as a war). The wars going on in our world (including Iraq, as noted) though on a grander scale, are like little sideshows -- maybe not for many of the families involved, but like I said earlier, nothing lasts forever and as we are not merely physical beings this should be accepted as a natural path. The deadly Tsunami, now that's real, that's what nature is all about. It's awe inspiring. Does it really matter in the long run who wins the Super Bowl? It's only years after the game has ended, that it's full impact will be played out -- when the livers, kidneys and other internals start wearing out and the once heroic player sees the next wave. Something that is bigger than both himself and his pumped up past. I'm talking about a possibly unexpected and immediate passage from this life. (Right now there's a car driving by with a death announcement over bullhorns, complete with funeral location) This is a beautiful place to die. The next time you consider borrowing and plunking down US$3000 for a big ass TV to watch a pumped up affair, give further thought to (1) what else you could be doing with the cash, (2) whose bad habits your entertainment dollars are supporting and (3) why Super Bowl ads cost so much money to air. Game over! That was quick. Who won? The next day (nature willing) the media will tell us that the only real war that went on during the Super Bowl was the one that Napster waged against Apple's iTunes and iPod. Needless to say, that one was over before the popcorn started popping.