A sure sign that I’m preoccupied of late: I didn’t know, until an hour before kickoff, that the first National Football League preseason game — the Hall of Fame Game between Washington and Indianapolis — was tonight and on TV.

My sports fanaticism is definitely at a low ebb.

That preoccupation has a scatterbrained quality to it as well: I knew it was Hall of Fame Induction weekend, so naturally the Game was in the offing; and it’s always televised. I simply didn’t make that connection. Maybe also figured it might be played on a Monday instead of Sunday.

But I’m watching it now. A definite safe harbor as far as TV entertainment is concerned. Nice to have the play-by-play and color droning on, along with periodic highlights.