civilized ku # 3042 ~ a futile attempt or smart strategy?

99¢ seats ~ Lake Placid, NY - in the Adirondack PARK • click to embiggen
The Gut ~ Burlington, NY • click to embiggen

I truly believe that the proprietor / manager of the Palace Theater in Lake Placid is quite aware that even offering free seats to the movies would be a futile attempt to lure football fans away from viewing the Super Bowl. So my guess is that this offer is merely an attempt to fill up the theater with those who are already inclined to do something other than fall prey to Superbowl Madness Syndrome.

Me? I not going to a movie and I will most likely watch some of the Superbowl but, like in days of yore when some claimed to purchase Playboy Magazine so they could read just the interviews and articles, I will lay claim to the rationalization of watching the Superbowl to view only the commercials.

That written, it should not be understand that I do not suffer from my own sports oriented syndrome, primarily centered around hockey. That is why, on Friday past, I drove the 120 mile round trip to Vermont via a slow 2 mile ferry ride across Lake Champlain in order to attend a hockey game at The Gut (Gutterson Fieldhouse) on the campus of the Universitas Viridis Montis, aka: University of the Green Mountains, more commonly known as UVM.

I am not a UVM hockey fan. Rather, I and my hockey grandson Hugo are University of Notre Dame hockey fans and ND was UVM rival on Friday and Saturday night. I am delighted to report that ND swept both games. Wins which kept them in the top 10 NCAA Division 1 hockey rankings - go Irish.

Hugo and his dad, The Cinemascapist, really enjoyed the game. Especially Hugo who has played at the Gut and will be attending a very elite hockey camp - hundreds apply, only 30 accepted - at UND this coming May - go Hugo.