Every four years, November 1 is the pinnacle of anticipation. Who will win the presidency in the fast-approaching election? Which college football teams will win their respective conferences, and which teams will likely head to the postseason knockout invitational tournament? And, of course, November 1 marks the beginning of the holiday season and all that comes with Thanksgiving, decorating, partying, gift giving and celebrating our Savior’s birth.  

Questions one and two each have caused a(nother) great divide, so let’s stick to those topics, shall we?

According to Pew Research Center, Americans have a dismal view of our nation’s politics. Duh. And not duh in a derogatory way about Pew; rather duh because of wagging-tongued bobbleheads throwing blah, blah, blah fuel on an already-raging fire: a plethora of biased media mouthpieces, actors who live in the land of make believe, has-beens (like the one that rhymes with nosey) who threaten to pack up and move to Canada (please do, but they never do) and a cast of characters encompassing musicians, physicians, influencers (ugh), athletes and educators. And, of course, there are the politicians themselves.

Football fans aren’t much better, and there’s no shortage of people who obsess over schools they didn’t attend and teams they don’t cheer for. Last week, I saw a bride and her guest gesturing horns down in the bridal shower photos. Really? The Texas Longhorns were top of mind while opening gifts and eating cucumber sandwiches? So. Very. Tacky.

All the divisive behavior associated with politics and college football is enough to make Buffy bitchy, but Buffy isn’t bitchy because what other people say, think and do says everything about them and absolutely nothing about me.

Thank goodness.