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  I re-read my post. Didn't see where I said you were shallow. But I certainly think Americans spend way too much time deifying actors and musicians and other celebrities. It's truly sickening. My "diatribe" as you put it wasn't aimed at you. But when you said the ONLY reason you were watching the Super Bowl was because of Swift, admittedly it set me off. As for Tyson, I admire you more than I do him. You succeeded scholastically despite raising kids and dealing with life's everyday problems, the kind of problems Tyson hasn't endured as a hero of certain segments. Tyson is worth 5 million bucks, which makes the everyday striving we all do much easier.
  You know what? You're a hero. To me. And you don't even get paid to give lectures like Tyson.
  I admire everyday people. That's just how it is.
 

You never said I was shallow (I suggested it!) but I think that people who devote a lot of time to this stuff need to get a life. A lot of my working life is, well, working. Sometimes a silly diversion is exactly the best diversion. It's winter, a sweet romance between a billionaire Pop Star and a now a 3 time Super Bowl winner is a match made in heaven. I was spoon fed this kind of stuff as a kid with Disney Princesses, Star Trek, Batmam, Flipper and Daktari thrown in for the animal connection. I am a walking contradiction...