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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Being Human Beings

A third consecutive playoff loss by the Patriots made me wonder if any other species gets this worked about a game.

Her nephew cried after the Helmet Catch. He was a too old to be crying, but it was ok. We understood. I still cannot listen to "Free Falling" without being back there. I hate that song now.

I turned off the radio for weeks after last year's debacle and who knows what will happen Now. I'm not even ready to talk about it yet...

But the whole process made me theorize that part of this somehow relates to What Makes Us Human.

I don't believe monkeys or dolphins would rally around an activity that has no real 'purpose' in terms of survival. Certainly not for 18 straight weeks.

I've heard that having thumbs is also quite far up the list of Things That Make Us Human.

and the Realization of Death must be unique to humans as well? Do other species know that they will eventually die?

The Patriots certainly didn't...

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