Debate: Which is Better, College Football or the NFL?
Unfortunately, as is sometimes the case, real life gets in the way of what we’re trying to do here at the Peter Pan Fan Club. In other words there’s no good reason why it’s been nine days since we posted, except for work, family and getting old type stuff.
It’s not ideal, but sometimes for every two steps forward you take, you have no choice but to take a half-step back. That’s what happened this week.
Still, the show must go on, so in an effort to bridge the gap between nothingness and some solid PPFC content, I want to launch another debate.
This one is also aimed at the sports fans and is inspired by today’s USA Today. I read two columnists arguments for which they thought was better: college football or the NFL.
They both made good arguments, talking about pageantry, the BCS, playoffs, fan viewship, rivalries and more.
So what I want to know today is which you prefer and why.
College football or the NFL?
Have at it…
Fan Club Minutes: 9-1-10
The Peter Pan Fan Club has existed for a solid two months now, and the reception from all our readers has been awesome. We’re extremely thankful for all the support. We’ll continue to push out top-notch content for as long as you all continue to read it.
Of course it’s never a good idea to rest on your laurels, and we’re nowhere near satisfied, which is why we’re always trying to improve your site. This fan club minutes comes a few weeks after our last update. Because we’re in the growing stages, change will come often, but as we settle into a routine, I’m hoping to stretch the updates out to once a month, and maybe, down the road, to a quarterly report.
But that is all theory at this point. For now, take a look at some of the things that have been going on at the Peter Pan Fan Club over the past few weeks…
Tweet Meme & Facebook Sharer
We’ve added easy share buttons to both Facebook and Twitter. They are located at the top of each post, just below the title.
We hope that you will use these buttons to help spread the word about our site. That, and it looks way cooler when there’s a double digit number in the box rather than a big fat zero.
Facebook Fan Page
One of our favorite ways to interact with readers (besides comments here on our blog) is on our Facebook Fan Page. As of my writing this report, we have 115 Facebook fans. Considering that most of them joined in the past month, we’re doing ok, but still would like to see that number increase.
If you haven’t joined our fan page yet, you can do so very easily by clicking the “like” button on the fan box on our sidebar.
Additionally, if you’d really like to help out, and you think your friends would enjoy what the Peter Pan Fan Club has to offer, you can invite them to join the revolution against old age too. This is also very simple.
First, go to the Peter Pan Fan Club Facebook page and click the “suggest to friends” link underneath the PPFC logo. It should look like this:
Then, just pick the friends you want to send a suggestion to.
Another easy way to share our page with your friends is to post a link to it in your status feed.
Here’s the address: http://www.facebook.com/peterpanfanclub
Just copy the link into the feed, add whatever cool stuff you want to say about us, then press “share”. Job done.
And we thank you.
Favorite Parenting One-Liners
One of the perks of being a fan of our Facebook page is you get some content that isn’t found anywhere else. This could be anything from inspirational quotes to contests (coming soon, hopefully).
Sometimes we’ll also ask for your opinion on articles we’re currently working on. This is what happened recently, when we asked for some of your favorite parenting one-liners. It got a good response, which included some solid advice.
Some of our favorites…
“Be firm, consistent and fair.” -Josh
“It’s only a stage they’re going through. It will pass.” -Patti
“Don’t get arrested.” -Anthony
And the most concerning one?
“Keep crying and I’ll give you something to cry about.” -from my mom
Moving on…
New Article Series on PPFC
We’ve recently launched two new categories for article series that we will be posting to on a somewhat regular basis. They are “Character Spotlight” and “Awesome People”.
“Character Spotlight” will allow us to highlight a particular character in a movie, tv show, book, etc. The character will possess some sort of a notable trait that we find admirable, or ridiculous, or something in between. Most of the time they will be someone who we feel deserves more attention than their role offered them, thus we will attempt to put the spotlight on them for just a little longer.
For an example, check out the Character Spotlight of Coach Bobby Finstock that Bo put together.
“Awesome People” is a closer look at real-life people who in our opinion live or lived in a way that promotes staying youthful. Not all will fit the criteria as closely as the first subject for this series, but the Awesome People post on Walt Disney is a good example of what you can expect in the future.
Your Opinion Matters
As much as this site is something we use to help us stay young, we want to help others do the same. In order for us to do that, we need to know what you think. Don’t be afraid to send us your thoughts and ideas. Fill our the form on our contact page, leave us a comment on a post you love or hate, or write on our Facebook wall.
Whatever way you choose, just know that the Peter Pan Fan Club is here to help you, and your opinion matters to us.
The Michael Jordan Debate
Time is tight today, so I thought I’d put something out there to stir the pot a little and then step back and let you all hash it out.
I love a good debate, just like I love me some intellectual conversation. Not to get too confusing, but it’s been debated whether or not I belong in an intellectual conversation in the first place. That’s an argument for another day.
Today, I want to bring up a subject that I first heard raised about ten years ago. For lack of a more creative name, I call it “The Michael Jordan Debate”. The Michael Jordan debate is a simple premise that carries with it a single fact: Michael Jordan was the best basketball player to ever live.
You may or may not agree with that statement, and that’s fine. I’m not even sure I do. If you do, then jump ahead to the next paragraph. If you don’t agree, then just substitute MJ’s name with Kobe or Lebron or Oscar or Wilt.
The reason I use Jordan’s name in this debate all stems from a single statement I read in a book about his life. I’m not sure who the author was, but in the book, the author wrote one of the most profound things I have ever read in my life. It was a single sentence, but it carried a message that is as powerful as any other you’ll read not involving religion.
They said:
“Michael Jordan is better at basketball than anyone else in the world is at anything else.”
Stop and think about that for a minute. They’re saying he’s better at basketball than the world’s best doctor is at being a doctor. Better than the best writer, musician, poet, politician (that one’s easy), soldier, technician, etc.
It’s unclear whether they meant to include historical figures as well, but I don’t recall them making a distinction, so for the sake of argument we’ll include those no longer living, too.
Which brings to mind the following names: Einstein, Shakespeare, Churchill, Michael Jackson, Aristotle, Magellan. I could go on and on. As good as Michael Jordan was at basketball, is it possible that he was better at that, than Einstein was at rocking the world of physics?
This is where you come in. I want to know if you think Michael Jordan (or whoever gets your vote for best b’baller ever) was a better basketball player than anyone else in the world was at anything else. I know it’s comparing apples to oranges, but the best debates arise from an argument that can’t be proven, only defended. So here’s your chance to take your side and defend your choice.
Leave your comments below.
A Little Childhood Nostalgia
While watching my son and his friends play the other day, I couldn’t help but be taken back by how carefree and buoyant they were. All that mattered was right in front of them, not a care in the world. Not a bad way to live.
It wasn’t too long ago that I was the same way. A quick burst of nostalgia ran through me, and I then realized what my next article would be about. I want to recapture some of the things that mattered most to me as a kid, the same things that I took for granted growing up. Not so much the actual “things” but more the feelings and sentiment I had with them.
Getting a new Nintendo game
There was no better sense of euphoria then being 10 years old and getting a new Nintendo game. Well, at least for me anyway. The feeling of anticipation and excitement was something I’ll never forget, even after all these years. I remember the car rides home after getting the game, and how a 10-15 minute drive always felt like a thousand mile trek. I passed the time by staring at the game box in awe, and then reading the booklet a dozen or so times. The characters of the games were larger then life, and I felt like I was part of their world…
I still play video games, but it’s obviously not the same. Luckily for me, I have a son who shares the same love for video games that his old man once did, and the look on his spoiled face when he gets a new one brings me back.
Christmas Tradition
To say I loved Christmas isn’t all that profound, what kid didn’t? While the memory of almost all the presents is dead and gone, the thing I’ll always take with me is how I mastered the art of the middle of the night present attack. Nobody could sneak a present like I could. Nobody.
There was most certainly an art to doing this, you couldn’t just grab a present and run. Even at a young age I realized I had to almost visualize what was inside the wrapping or I risked blowing my spot. For example, my parents would probably notice a missing Nintendo, but they probably wouldn’t a random action figure.
I still wake up in the middle of the night on Christmas, I don’t sneak a present anymore…but I always think about it. If the tradition was genetically passed down to my son, I hope he knows that I wrote the book on the middle-of-the-night-present-attack, and I’ll be waiting.
Summer Vacation
Is it just me, or did summer vacation used to feel like it was 9 months long? Now it’s just a few months that seemingly get shorter every year.
Obviously being out of school was every kids highlight, but that’s not what I loved it for. There was just something special about it, like time was always standing still. Like I was never going to grow up. Like I had my whole life in front of me.
A typical Summer day looked something like this:
7:00 – 9:00 wake up, eat
9:00- 11:00 get the crew together, AM Nintendo session
11:00-1:00 intense wiffle ball
1:00-2:00 eat, a little Nickelodeon
2:00-4:00 get the crew together, terrorize the neighborhood
4:00-5:00 afternoon Nintendo session
5:00-5:30 eat
5:30-7:00 neighborhood hide-n-seek game
7:00- 8:00 figure out where the sleepover was going to be
8:00-? trade some baseball cards, PM Nintendo session, sleep
Next day do it all over again
I may have left out a few things, but you get the gist of it.
Perhaps my favorite part of being a father is having the opportunity to watch my son do and enjoy some of the same things I once did, and in some ways giving me a chance to relive my youth. Almost like a being a kid mulligan.
My point in all this. There’s things that you’ll do. And then there’s things that you’ll never forget.
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