Football season in San Francisco

The earth couldn't decide between Water or Air, like it was hearing an argument between Thales* and Anaximenes. 

The sun must have been on a beach somewhere, barefoot and smoking a nice cigar while studying the odds on Ohio State (No.2) vs. Buffalo and Nicholls St. vs. Oregon (3).

It's still early on the Great Highway in San Francisco, 7 a.m., in the hours before people who really do have lives that sit all day in cafe's are sitting in cafe's. 

(* Thales was the ancient Milesian philosopher who believed Water was the basic principle of being, and Anaximenes, believed to be Thales' contemporary, was the ancient Milesian philosopher who believed Air was the basic principle of being. 6th century b.c., at the time the world was starting to shift from a mythological belief system to a rational belief system).

By the time time entered the park, it's almost 9 a.m. The deYoung museum had just stepped out of the shower, ready to get to work hanging the Berkeley paintings of Richard Diebenkorn.

The scene is spectral, the road closed to cars.

The two philosopher's can still be heard discussing matters of life and death, because what else is there to talk about other than football?

Soon, Saturday's expected to formally begin on ESPN (1 p.m.Eastern Standard Time) bringing out the crowds screaming for the great art being shown at the deYoung and the steamed Hot Dogs by Annie, just now getting warm under the heatlamp in a red cart by the park.

The fog will start to clear by noon, the weatherman says.

It's not quite the day it was yesterday, when it was really warm and beautiful, but it might be yet.

Go Niners!