Didn't watch the Super Bowl. Not watching the Olympics.

[GoneOffShore]

I'm beginning to think that sporting "events" of this type are all about keeping people from being engaged. The bread and circuses school of governing.

Sure, we all need diversion. And "different strokes for different folks".

But the manipulation of the Olympics and the damage that football does to the players are just keeping me away from it.

This rant was brought on by watching The Running Man last night.

I'll shut up now.

Well, mostly. If someone wants to engage, I'll engage. Until I get bored or busy: Whichever comes first.

[pipi_k]

1. Bread and circuses

is what lets me keep up with my knitting and crocheting projects...

[2banon]

2. Me too, didn't watch the super bowl, not watching olympics.

bread and circus school of governance - complete with the flag waving, war anthem nationalistic fervor makes my skin crawl. Is Running Man a film?

Saw a Jesse Owens documentary a few nights ago on PBS. That was an eye opener. Thought I already knew the story, but not really.

Thank goodness for good films, and my own music for pleasure and entertainment.

[GoneOffShore]

5. It was a 1987 film based on a Stephen King novel

Here's the trailer:

Ahnold was in it. And Richard Dawson.

If you go to the IMDB page you'll get some surprises in the cast list.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093894/

[rurallib]

3. I don't know- hard to pass up the action and excitement of curling

That is probably all I may watch if anything.

[GoneOffShore]

6. I agree. I'm torn about that.

But I'm sure that something else will be on.

[magical thyme]

4. they're poisoning thousands of stray dogs to present a "clean street" image

I'm boycotting.

[jakeXT]

7. Where are all the creepy hosts gone ?

Los Angeles (CNN) -- Richard Dawson, the longtime host of "Family Feud" known for planting kisses on female contestants, has died, his son said in a statement Sunday. He was 79.

...

Dawson told the Archive of American Television in a 2010 interview that his trademark move started early on in the show's run, when he saw a woman shaking as she struggled to come up with the name of a green vegetable.

"I said, 'I'm gonna do something that my mom would do to me whenever I had a problem of any kind. ... And I kissed her on the cheek, and I said, 'That's for luck.' And she said, 'Asparagus.' ... They went on to win," he said.

http://edition.cnn.com/2012/06/03/showbiz/richard-dawson-dies/