I am pleased that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are now engaged.  I was wondering if anybody doesn’t know who they are.  But I suspect everyone knows.  When Spring Break students were asked who we fought in the American Revolution, they didn’t know, but they sure know Taylor and Travis.

I saw people on TV going crazy over the news.  You would have thought that they just won the Powerball.  One woman blurted out that just like 9/11, everyone will remember where they were when they heard the news.  I’m sorry Gretchin, but I have already forgotten.  Another person couldn’t get over that the couple got engaged on the same day that Starbucks started selling their Pumpkin Spice Latte!  You talk about the stars aligning.  I should have bought a lottery ticket.

I really like Taylor Swift.  I like Country music, and I remember her first hit, strangely called Tim McGraw.  She sang Country for about eight years before she switched to Pop and conquered the world.  I thought I was a Swiftie.  I really respected her when she took on Big Machine Record Company on who owned the master of her first six albums.  When she lost the battle, she rerecorded and released four of the albums on her own label!  That’s impressive.  And it never bothered me that she was singing about breaking up with some pimply-faced kid.

I’m afraid that when she left Country in 2014, I quit following her.  I have now looked at all that she has done since then and have decided that I can’t call myself a Swiftie anymore.  Is there such a thing as a “fall-away Swiftie?”

Now, is the engagement going to impact on Kelce’s performance on the gridiron?  Let’s get some facts out.  Travis has been a truly outstanding player for a number of years.  He is 35.  Just like dog years, there are football years and 35 is getting up there.  He has coped with distractions for the last couple of years – Taylor and a lively podcast with his brother, Jason. He’s handled those well, so I think he will not be overly distracted. But if you have a choice to go over or under, go under!There is a burgeoning theory that because Taylor is getting married, more young people will get married.  You all know that young are not getting married as early or as often as they used to.  I hope the theory is right.  I have six grandchildren, all of marital age, and only two are married.  Hey kids, listen to Taylor.  Heck, I might even get out there myself.  But first I need to find Coach Belichick’s playbook