Growing up in a household that had little appreciation for sports made me the last to be selected for a game of baseball in my neighborhood. No wonder, with little interest in the game, I seldom hit the ball. You see, my father was the fourth child of immigrants from Russia. His parents were poor. Sports were an unknown activity and they had little interest in learning about that kind of entertainment. Thus my father’s interest or knowledge of any kind of sporting event was limited. As a young child I lived in Philadelphia but never attended a single professional game of baseball (both the Phillies and A’s were there then).
When ever there are Olympics I really try to watch them but I am just not interested except when there is a really exciting event. The luge, ski jumps, and speed skating are exciting but just for a short time. I tried watching both the opening and closing events but only saw about 30 minutes of each.
Honestly I only watch three football games a year. Those would be UCLA vs. USC, the Rose Bowl, and the Super Bowl. If those games are boring, that means low scores, I will turn them off. As far as baseball is concerned, I do watch the Word Series but oh is it slow!
So what does a “nerd” do as an adult? It’s called politics. It’s fun and fascinating. Just look at the coming governor’s race in California. Meg Whitman has been running ads against her primary challenger, Steve Poisner, calling him a Democrat in disguise who wants to over turn Proposition 13. Jerry Brown, a former two term governor of the state, is contemplating running again but refuses to declare his candidacy. Now this will be fun to watch.
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