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Poop or Brownies?

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**editors note, for some reason this didn’t post Monday or Tuesday and I didn’t check it.  Pretend it is Monday to read this.  You could then pretend it is Friday and get a head start on the weekend.**

This title sounds like some sort of bizarre philosophical question but it is really more like a game show.  This is the sleep deprived thought that came into my head last night.  Why would this come into my head?  Well, that is what I intend to regale you with today.

Yesterday was Superbowl Sunday.  Due to a variety of circumstances including kids, church, scout meetings and just general noise, I have yet to view all of the commercials that are so lauded during the game itself.  The game was pretty good though.  I will report on the commercials maybe tomorrow after I look them up online.

As a part of Superbowl Sunday, as everyone should know, there is food.  Copious amounts of food, layered in salsa and jalapenos.  I actually made a turkey on Saturday and we had sandwiches.  It was pretty good.  For dessert, and here is where the point starts, my wife made brownies.  She even looked up a new recipe just for me.

See, I like the fudgy type brownies while she usually likes the cake style.  She made fudgy.  And they were good.  “Is there a real point, and when does he get to the poop?” you may be asking yourself.  It is coming I promise.

The family also gets to eat dessert of course.  If you have forgotten, or are not here from my other domain, I have 4 kids aged 11, 8, 5 and 19 months.  My story now centers on the 19 month old.  You can probably guess the direction now.  I went to change the babies diaper and there were little brown balls all over his pants and diaper.

Some of them I was not sure exactly where the brownie ended if you know what I mean.  I didn’t try any.  So, I got the kid changed and had this great idea for a game show or at least a sketch on SNL.  Behind a glass wall there is a plate of brown.  Behind another is another plate of brown.  Both look almost the same and the trick is to choose….Poop or Brownie?  Debate as long as you want and then you have to eat.  Could be one of those Japanese game shows where you pick wrong and not only have to eat but get a shot to the gonads as well.

Anyway, just some random thoughts of a deranged mind.  I am eagerly waiting for the wacked out things I come up with when I go off of these meds again.

Thanks for reading.

-Justin

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I know where you can stick those Resolutions…

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Hello, Good day and Happy New Year!  I hope everyone is recovered from the weekend parties and is ready to get back to work today.  My wife had to work at the hospital yesterday, the 1st, and she said there were an amazing amount of people who were there because of headaches and dehydration.   Why?  Drinking.  The truth is they were looking for Dr. Excused work notes.  Silly people.

Anyway today is a big day for posts about Resolutions and things that will be going on in the new year.  I have decided that I am not going to do that.  First of all, it is boring to you all, and it doesn’t really do anything but feed my tiny ego anyway.  So I am not going to list my resolutions here.

What I am going to tell you is that this blogging experiment that I started 2 years ago is awesome.  I still love to write and maintain it even if I haven’t been very good doing it last year.  I am going to be working hard at it again, just like I did 2 years ago, growing and building this site and my online business.

If there are any real people out there actually reading this dribble, there will be more.  As for resolutions, How many of you are planning on pretending to fix your life this year?  I am not going to pretend, I am going to do.  That is all for today, please join in a discussion below in the comments or shoot me an email with all of the things that I am doing wrong or you think that I could or should change.

I probably wont listen but it is worth a shot.  Finally, Go Broncos!  It has been a long time since they have made the playoffs.  Are they going to make the Superbowl?  Not a chance.  And that is coming from a fan who lived through 3 dismal Superbowls and the ’80’s edition of the team.  I have been there a long time with my butt firmly attached to the bandwagon.  With screws and Liquid Nails.  Probably some duct tape as well.

Have a good one.

-Justin

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The top 10 things I learned from Superbowl XLIV

Here are the top   things I learned watching the Superbowl yesterday.

1.  If you want to actually watch the game and have kids, a DVR is invaluable. By the time we got home from church, the game had almost started and the kids had yet to be fed, much less snacks prepared.  I recorded the game and ended up starting about an hour after it actually began.  And you can pause it whenever you want.  Very handy.

2.  If you even have and inkling that you may be right, Challenge The Call On The Field. Sure they could have been wrong and charged with a timeout, but they weren’t and the Saints ended up with 2 points.  This was the “Big One”, the last game of the year so they had nothing to lose.  Life can be like this.  If we just go along and be sheep never questioning or never challenging others opinions can we truly call ourselves free thinkers?  It doesn’t matter how big something is, if you have a valid point, challenge it.  You may be wrong but at least you are thinking for yourself and that is a beautiful thing.

3.  You may never have enough chicken. Saturday night.  “Yea that should be plenty” I said.  “We have all this other food too.”  Cut to Sunday, start the Game.  First quarter nearly over.  6 year old whining because he needs more chicken.  Pause game. (see #1)  Thaw out more chicken to cook during halftime.  When you get t0 the “yea, that should be plenty” place, think again.  Not always good to second guess but always good to rethink your initial preparations, not just in food but in life.

4.  Doritos has their advertising budget priorities askew. All I can say is, if you channel the $$ for even one of those superbowl ads into a decent ad agency you wouldn’t have a whole bunch of stupid commercials that seemed to be trying hard to be Budweiser but missing the mark by 3-4 thousand miles.

5.  And for Budweiser… Still doing something right.  Good commercials that were memorable even if they didn’t have as many big punches as in the past.  They still are cranking out memorable content, and people still remember their commercials from the past 10 years.  Much like us bloggers would like to achieve, things that jog memory yers in the future.

6.  E-trade…Just give up already. While I am ranting about advertising, and I guess it works or they wouldn’t keep doing it, but the talking babies at the computer?  Really?  I don’t think they are cute or witty or anything but stupid.  Sometimes you just have to know when to give up and go a different direction.  Monster.com and Careerbuilder.com, take a memo.  You are darn close.

7.  Last advertising I promise.  Gold’s Gym.  Brilliant campaign. Showing “typical” superbowl party foods and the related calories and fat grams followed by “See You Tomorrow”?  Brilliant!  Toss is just enough guilt to be memorable and you have everyone’s family.  I bet if you tracked Golds Gym membership visits today they would be up.  They made me glad I went with veggie platters and chicken breast nuggets for our party.  Still going to need a double kettlebell workout today.

8.  Even if “Puxatawney Palomalu” says 6 more weeks of football I don’t believe it. There is no professional football until August.  And the country mourns.

9.  Don’t give up.  We hear that all of the time.  ALL of the time.  Both teams yesterday played the whole game.  Mistakes were made but both played the whole game.  Except for one interception for a TD, it was a much closer game than I expected.  The Saints were down on the scoreboard and they found a way to come back.  The colts were down and found a way to come back.  The Colts were down at the end of the game but were still playing like time wasn’t against them and they could get those 2 touchdowns before the end.  They didn’t make it, but they didn’t give up.

10.  And finally, Onside Kick to start the second half?!?!? A WTF moment that turned out to be a brilliant move.   One unconventional move sent the Colts reeling and they never seemed to shake off that blow to the head.  They never seemed as crisp on either side of the ball after that opening play.  Something for us to learn.  Sometimes a gamble or unconventional move can be just what we need to succeed.

Hope you had fun watching if you could.

Justin