What If You Put On The Super Bowl...

...and one team forgot to show up?

That's pretty much what happened yesterday for Super Bowl 48. The first play of the game Seattle Seahawks scored a safety because of huge error.  It really messed with the Denver Broncos minds and they were never in the game.  The final score was 43 - 8.  I became bored and spent most of my time on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram watching the feeds.

The Calvinator must of known it was going to be a snoozer because just before kickoff, he did this:

and stayed that way through most of the game.

FYI: Yesterday's score was not the biggest blowout.  The final score of Super Bowl 24 was 55 - 10 and guess who lost?  The Denver Broncos.  Are we seeing a pattern here?

I wasn't too impressed with the commercials.  There were some good ones: Radio Shack; Cheerios; T-Mobile; Budweiser; H&M; and Coca-Cola.  What I didn't expect was the hateful response to the Cheerios commercial AND the Coca-Cola commercial.  As far as we think we have come, we still have a long way to go.

If you're interested in showing how beautiful America really is and that the majority of us come from immigrants (whether they came freely or not), send your selfie to Coca-Cola and maybe you'll end up in Times Square!

 

And one last thing...
Another commercial promoted U2's Invisible.  If you download it before 11:59p.m. today(not sure what time zone), Bank of America will donate $1.  HURRY!

Dealing With The Devil

There is something that I don't like about Jerry Jones, owner of the Dallas Cowboys.  He has a look that I don't trust.

Today in Arlington, Texas, at Cowboys Stadium Super Bowl XLV will occur. The Green Bay Packers take on the Pittsburgh Steelers. I don't have a dog in the fight so I really don't care who wins. All I know is that I have three parties to attend!

Anywho...back to Jerry. I can't remember all of the details but the City of Dallas and Dallas County wouldn't work out a deal to keep the DALLAS Cowboys in Dallas. So Jerry made a deal with the City of Arlington and probably Tarrant County to build Jerry's World in Arlington. Promises were made and so far I think the only promises that were kept are: 1) A stadium was built; and 2) there would be a Super Bowl brought to Texas again.

The last time a Super Bowl was held in Texas was Super Bowl XXXVIII in Houston at Reliant Stadium...more on that later.

Anywho...$$$ danced in everyone's heads and from what I can tell, this has been an economic bust. You see...when you deal with the devil (Jerry Jones) something is going to go wrong.

First of all, the logistics don't make any sense. The parties are occurring in Fort and Dallas. The NFL Experience (I think that is the name of it) is occurring in Dallas but ESPN is making Fort Worth smell like rose by broadcasting from Sundance Square. You have too many people spread out over a large area to create a central festive zone.

Second, everyone who lives in the North Texas area knows that it is prone to ice and snow in January and February and if you want guarantee that it will happen book an event during Fort Worth's Stock Show & Rodeo...you'll get ice.

So...God don't like ugly and just to prove he rained iced all over Jerry's parade so to be speak. However, I think God does have a sense of humor and he decided to let the weather clear up starting yesterday. In the meantime, the $$$ will not be what was anticipated.

I'm sure after the weather fiasco leading up to Super Bowl XLV, people will forget Nipplegate at Super Bowel XXXVIII.

photo credit: Patrick Schneider

Photo Journal: February 7, 2010

And to top off the weekend, it was Super Bowl Sunday. The Saints beat the Colts. It was a good game and I am glad the Saints were victorius. There were several parties going on and I attended two. I wore my gold and black and BIG fleur de lis! I think it was THE lucky charm.


You can view more photos here.

Congratulations!

The New Orleans Saints won the Super Bowl yesterday. Congratulations! Many people on this side of the Sabine River were rooting for you.

Geaux Saints!

Mardi Gras comes every year but the Saints going to the Super Bowl only comes once in a lifetime. Congratulations Saints!




source: Reuters

Sunday recap

I have often been told and I have often self-described myself as being multi-faceted and eclectic. Yesterday was a good example.

Yesterday was Super Bowl Sunday and also Mardi Gras weekend. I was invited to a couple of parties and wanted to give an appropriate host gift. So...I purchased some pom poms in the Mardi Gras colours, found some football and cheerleader beads, threw in some plastic hand clappers and strands of Mardi Gras beads. I was set!

The first stop was Joel and Arnold's Super Bowl Chili Cook-off Party. Guests could enter the cook-off and have their chili voted on by other attendees. I was surprised at the number of entries.
I didn't taste all of the entries and I can't remember all of the names & ingredients. You see...there was also a big bar set up so adult beverages were also a part of the festivities.

This is Wayne with his chili.
This is PC with his tribute to Heath Ledger. I believe the name of his & Mike's chili was I Can't Quit You Chili.

Here is a bowl of I Can't Quit You Chili. I thought they had two bowls of green onions. Instead it was one bowl of green onions and one bowl of fresh jalapeno peppers. I now have more hair on my chest because I put a big dollop of peppers on my chili.
Here is Jim Sikorski with his Rehab No No No Chili.

Here is Jeremy with his Hollywood Chili strategically placed.

Here is Kenny In Montrose (KIM) with DJ Chad. DJ Chad thought Jeremy's chili might win some sort of a prize if he took off his shirt...so he did.

Here is Jeremy showing his...chili.

I needed to leave, go home and walk The Calvinator and get to the next party. On my way out of Joel & Arnold's, I started a campaign for Jeremy to win the Congeniality Award for his chili. I showed everyone his pic on my camera. Samantha from Sex In The City would have so proud of me. I thought I did a great job as his publicist.

I found out later that he did win the Congeniality Award.

I made my way over to Joe & Eric's Party. I missed the opening and the kick-off but oh well. Fun crowd, good food and Elaine pouring adult beverages. Doesn't get better than that!

And just in case you're wondering if I watched the game, the answer is yes. I even took a photo of the game on the flat screen tv!

From Joe & Eric's I went and picked up Steven and we headed over to the BRB for an ERSICSS show. Some friends were performing and it is always fun to see them put on a show.

Ginger Grant & me
ShyAnne & Steven

Sands, Ginger Grant & Weldon
ShyAnne performing
Ginger Grant performing.

So that is a brief review of yesterday afternoon & evening. It was a good distraction. As I've stated before, I'm sorta wishing I was in New Orleans right now. ;-)

Super Bowl Sunday

Lots of things going on today so I need to make this quick. Heading out to a couple of parties this afternoon/evening. Then heading over to the BRB this evening for a show.

Really wishing I was in NOLA but today's activities will keep me distracted.

Didn't sleep well last night. Couldn't fall asleep and then was awake by 530a today. UGH!

I'm back on the horse again. Did a 5 mile run yesterday morning. Wanted to have a FABU-5 rather than a SUCKY-6 so I stopped at 5 miles. This is the most I have run since the 1/2 marathon.

Went to LeFittes on Thursday and then again today. Had good weight workouts both times.

TTFN