It's 23 degrees and sunny here - but it's 13 degrees in Denver. The sun and natural evaporation caused the snow to "shrink", or compact, to only about a 10-inch deep cover in the back yard. Nedi is out bounding through it, and coming back in to shake the excess snow off his legs and belly. Lovey is sitting in the cat tree and observing the birds and squirrels outside. We are expecting more snow beginning this afternoon or evening - with snow flurries continuing through noon tomorrow. We might get another 2 to 3 inches of accumulation. As soon as I get this posted, I'll be heading out to walk Remy and Rosie; I'll be wearing my snow boots and my Yak Trax.
I was happy to see the Giants win the Super Bowl, even though it was difficult to root against Brandon Spikes and Aaron Hernandez. I have to say that the half-time show did not hold my attention - I checked my e-mail and visited the necessary room. Because of that, I got a few glimpses of Madonna, but I totally missed M.I.A.'s "up yours" gesture - and I'm fine with that. I have to admit that the ads this year were a great disappointment. I liked the 2-minute Chrysler ad with Clint Eastwood; I liked the music of the H & M ad for David Beckham's underwear; I had to laugh at the Tax Act ad about the little boy having to relieve himself. The Coca Cola polar bear ads were charming. I guess my favorite ad would be the Bud Light ad about the rescue dog named We-Go. The Pepsi ad with Elton John (who was the only person I recognized) left my mouth hanging open. Maybe if I had ever seen the movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", the Honda CRV ad with Matthew Broderick might have struck a chord - but it was fairly boring to me. Having seen the VW ads well before the program itself, they were disappointing. I have to admit I enjoyed the Doritos ad with the dog who buried the cat and then paid off the male owner with Doritos, after showing him a note that read, "You didn't see Nuthing." I figured out what would happen with the Doritos Slingshot baby as soon as I saw the springs....
Maybe now that the football season is over, I'll get back to my critter tales... I will leave you with the URL to a fantastic web site: http://www.wvec.com/eaglecam If you enjoy nature and birds, this is a superior site that originates from the Norfolk (Virginia) Botanical Garden. On the left side of your monitor is a live feed from cameras looking at an American Bald Eagle nest; on the right is a moderated chat room that can, and will, describe anything and everything about eagles, their prey, and their life cycle. It's a great way to enjoy a day!
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Monday, February 6, 2012
Monday, February 2, 2009
Sunday's Super Stuff
It's the second of February; the groundhog has seen his shadow, predicting another 6 weeks of winter, and yesterday was Super Bowl Sunday. It's 25 degrees outside (and -11 in Gunnison), the sun is shining and there are light layers of cirrus clouds up in the sky. If I look west, the mountains closest to me are brown and green with patches of white snow; the crowns of the back range are a gleaming white today, as opposed to yesterday's brown. We did not receive any snow here in Boulder or Denver yesterday or last night, even though the weather folks predicted it. They are saying that we'll have wind gusts of 30 to 50 mph this afternoon...
I finished reading The Gate to Women's Country yesterday; and I began The Apostate's Tale. The first book is an extremely thought-provoking novel. I am still turning over in my mind all of the stones that the book over-turned - and once one is over-turned, it seems to over-turn yet another.... it is a very interesting book by Sheri S. Tepper. I recommend it highly! Lovey hadn't played with her favorite ball toys recently, so I spent 45 minutes doing nothing but playing with her and her favorite yellow ball yesterday afternoon. Then I played with Banichi and his strings for the same amount of time; after finishing, I gave both of them a large pinch of catnip, which both of them inhaled and ate immediately.
The football game turned out to be thrilling - and I cheered on the Steelers, because they have a couple of players from UF and because I like Troy Polamalu. I was excited when James Harrison, a defensive back, scored the 100-yard touchdown, after picking off a pass just before half-time. I was alarmed when the Cardinals came back, making up a 13 point deficient, and then pulling ahead. I was ecstatic when Santonio Holmes grabbed the winning touchdown pass.
I did laugh at the beginning of the game when I saw some of the players say, rather incredulously, that Jennifer Hudson had lip-synched the National Anthem. Of course, Faith Hill had also lip-synched her rendition of America the Beautiful. The local media had announced proudly that John Elway would perform the coin-toss at the beginning of the game, so I was rather surprised when General David Petreaus did so.
Ah, yes.... the commercials. I absolutely loathed the Career Builders ad with the repetitions of a woman screaming in her car, a man crying, etc. After the second repetition of the woman screaming, I said, "Enough already! " and turned off the sound. I also disliked the E*Trade commercial where the talking baby told the African-American baby he couldn't sing. My favorites? The Doritos crystal ball ad; the Budweiser Clydesdale great-grandfather ad; the Coca-Cola retro bugs and butterflies ad; the Budweiser Clydesdale-dancing horse love ad; the Budweiser Clydesdale "fetch" ad; the Bob Dylan/rapper Pepsi ad; and the MacGyver/PepSuber Pepsi ad. I wonder what would have happened if NBC had allowed the PETA commercials with their sensual "eat vegetarian" themes? Oh, well.... Have a good week!
I finished reading The Gate to Women's Country yesterday; and I began The Apostate's Tale. The first book is an extremely thought-provoking novel. I am still turning over in my mind all of the stones that the book over-turned - and once one is over-turned, it seems to over-turn yet another.... it is a very interesting book by Sheri S. Tepper. I recommend it highly! Lovey hadn't played with her favorite ball toys recently, so I spent 45 minutes doing nothing but playing with her and her favorite yellow ball yesterday afternoon. Then I played with Banichi and his strings for the same amount of time; after finishing, I gave both of them a large pinch of catnip, which both of them inhaled and ate immediately.
The football game turned out to be thrilling - and I cheered on the Steelers, because they have a couple of players from UF and because I like Troy Polamalu. I was excited when James Harrison, a defensive back, scored the 100-yard touchdown, after picking off a pass just before half-time. I was alarmed when the Cardinals came back, making up a 13 point deficient, and then pulling ahead. I was ecstatic when Santonio Holmes grabbed the winning touchdown pass.
I did laugh at the beginning of the game when I saw some of the players say, rather incredulously, that Jennifer Hudson had lip-synched the National Anthem. Of course, Faith Hill had also lip-synched her rendition of America the Beautiful. The local media had announced proudly that John Elway would perform the coin-toss at the beginning of the game, so I was rather surprised when General David Petreaus did so.
Ah, yes.... the commercials. I absolutely loathed the Career Builders ad with the repetitions of a woman screaming in her car, a man crying, etc. After the second repetition of the woman screaming, I said, "Enough already! " and turned off the sound. I also disliked the E*Trade commercial where the talking baby told the African-American baby he couldn't sing. My favorites? The Doritos crystal ball ad; the Budweiser Clydesdale great-grandfather ad; the Coca-Cola retro bugs and butterflies ad; the Budweiser Clydesdale-dancing horse love ad; the Budweiser Clydesdale "fetch" ad; the Bob Dylan/rapper Pepsi ad; and the MacGyver/PepSuber Pepsi ad. I wonder what would have happened if NBC had allowed the PETA commercials with their sensual "eat vegetarian" themes? Oh, well.... Have a good week!
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