Monday Meanderings - 2.4.2013

Well, another Superbowl, over and done with. As Superbowl games go, this one was pretty good, not decided until the very end. I thought the commercials were weak this year, with the exception of the Paul Harvey "God made farmers" ad. Outstanding. I could easily have done without seeing the Go Daddy commercial. And there is no truth to the rumor that the NFL is blaming the power outage on Beyonce's hair dryer.  Oh, by the way - what do you call 52 guys sitting at home watching the Superbowl? The Dallas Cowboys.

People who keep up with these things say Americans spent $12 billion dollars on the Superbowl - mostly for food. On Sunday they expected the audience to consume 30 million pounds of snack food, 158 million avocados, 4.4 million pizzas, 50 million cases of beer (actually less than 4th of July or Labor day), and 1.2 billion chicken wings!  I couldn't find how many pounds of Velveeta and how many cans of Ro-Tel gave their all last night.

The Superbowl marks the official end of football season. We are now in those dark days when there are no TV sports but collegiate basketball, and that doesn't get interesting until March. The UT basketball team(s) are terrible this year. I predict neither will get a bid to the NCAA tourneys this year and even the NIT is doubtful. When does baseball start? You say Spring training starts a week from Tuesday? Go Rangers!

Enjoying the Spring-like weather. Actually able to enjoy a few days of morning coffee on the patio. A snuggie helps, though. We don't have a weather-predicting groundhog; we use an Armadillo here in Texas, and he most definitely saw his shadow, for whatever that is worth.

I noticed that it is now legal to carry concealed handguns in church in Arkansas. I can think of several reasons why that might be a bad idea. Must be very nervous times for long-winded preachers.

If you are keeping track, we have already used up 1/12th of the year - 8.33% of 2013.Maybe I need to get started on my resolutions.