football

• Can a kid with really bad eyesight play football? - XanaX
  • If he can play baseball with his vision... - mt
  • I know your question is about his eyesight, - mtroadie
  • football - anon
  • What about soccer? Bigger, more brightly-colored - (sm) - LowlyMT

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My boy, Eddie, is seven years old.  He has retinitis pigmentosa and gradually worsening decreasing vision.  His vision without glasses is 20/200 and best corrected is 20/60.  He does pretty well with baseball, especially after he had the bilateral rectus recession surgery and now both eyes are working together.

Tomorrow, however, is supposed to be football sign-ups, and I've been going back and forth about getting him involved or not.  He's not all the way sure if he wants to do it either.  I talked to some moms today, and they explained to me how grueling this five-day course of "conditioning" is.  They described to me that most kids throw up from being overworked and go home crying.  Doesn't sound like the best way for me to spend $45.  He's not the toughest kid on the block, or any block for that matter, and I really don't know which way to go here.  Any advice, football moms?

As far as NFL, I have been, and always will be, a Minnesota Vikings fan.  They have broken my heart so many times but I've been a fan 35 years now.  I grew up about 90 minutes south of Cleveland and have never even been to MN.  But I loved the color purple, the Purple People Eaters, Frank Tarkenton, Matt Blair, Chuck Foreman, etc.  It's my second longest relationship (my family being my first - LOL).

As for Andrew-Lloyd Webber plays, I know every word to every song from Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, Cats, and Phantom.  I also love A Chorus Line (not an ALW play).  I've seen it twice live and cried both times.  Most of the dancers' stories are just so sad. "At The Ballet" is my favorite.  Here's a youtube link.  Watch the third girl who comes in during the song (Maggie - played by Kay Cole) and watch her belt out a high E like you've never heard.  (around 4:54 into the song). 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cPBWzsQ5zo

As a side note, the first girl who sings (Sheila) is played by Kelly Bishop who is on the Gilmore Girls (never saw show, just heard she was on it).

These people are the original Broadway cast. 

I've seen Evita live several times as well as JSC.  I actually got to see JCS with the original Jesus and Judas from the movie made in 1973 (Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson) at a performance in CT (Foxwoods Casino).  Unfortunately, we lost Carl Anderson (Judas) to leukemia a few years back.  There will never be another Judas like him, AFAIC.  Godspeed, Carl.

So, anyone else an NFL or ALW/Broadway play fan?  Anyone have any different Broadway plays they really like?