The View From Wisconsin

Packer fans can tell you exactly what happened. Rex Grossman is not an NFL quarterback.

They managed to fool people for 20 weeks. They couldn't fool people when they got to the Super Bowl.

Tony Romo has a better shot at winning the Super Bowl than Rex does. Which, by the way, I think he may end up doing in short order.

Anyways - some sidelong observations about another Super Bowl where I had no rooting interest:

• The NFL ad at the two-minute warning was, in a word, awesome. The Brett Favre segue at the end just clinched it for me. Now I know why he went and announced he'd be back in 2007 - so there wouldn't be widespread panic after that spot aired.
  
• The GoDaddy.com ad wasn't as impressive as I thought it'd be. Candace Michelle is always easy on the eyes, but the schtick is getting a bit old.
  
• The various Coke commercials were good stuff. Imagining a Rube Goldberg-like method of how a Coke machine works is funny in and of itself.
  
• At halftime, while Prince was dancing about in the South Florida rain, I did what any hockey fan would do - went over the stats from the Ducks-Preds game from Saturday.
  

An update on some other news of interest:

• I'm not saying that it's cold, but the other day when Sarah and I were at Sam's Club, I ran out to the car to pull it up so we didn't have to spend as much time in the cold, loading and unloading. I took the large 32 oz. soda we had purchased at the snack bar, and before I got out the door, the straw opening spilled a little bit. By the time I got to the car... it froze. The beads of soda had started to solidify - and that's just from me walking to the car.
  
• I am now the proud owner of a Canon PowerShot S3 IS digital camera. The old FujiFilm Finepix 2300Zoom wouldn't take pictures anymore - to my consternation. So far, I'm happy with what little I've been able to find out about it. I did find out that the viewfinder has a focus method that allows those of us who are blind as a bat to take photos without glasses.
  
• My diet is reaching ups and downs as of late, mostly due to caloric intake and carbs. However, I'm buoyed that it's not unusual, especially due to the weather. I'm still on target to get to 186 lbs. within a month. I'd like to get within shouting distance of 150 by the end of the year.