It's the playoffs, the streets are ours. Is anyone taking advantage?

[Trek420]

No riding for me here in Denver, it's 17 outside with snowy and icey streets. If I weren't sidelined with an cranky SI joint I'd be skiing today.

Sorry to hear that your SI is cranky because if not you could ski like this on the Denver streets today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5dOB3VSyC8

[Trek420]

It's half-time, the game is close. I can't take the stress and went for a ride. The plan was to head for a nearby coffee shop where I could watch the end. But as I came towards the bike bridge I saw 3 riders from ALC (AIDS Lifecycle) and stopped to say hi.

We chatted and I decided to turn back. After all the mutt and I had a long morning walk, I'd walked and jogged at the track between errands so I'm good for the day.

As I crossed this 6 lane street on the way home it was eerily empty. I could hear the blimp across the bay.

[Biciclista]

Raleighdon is stuck in front of the TV... we need to leave... It's like pulling teeth. stupid football game.

[Trek420]

He can go now. Go 9'ers

[Kathi]

Sorry to hear that your SI is cranky because if not you could ski like this on the Denver streets today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5dOB3VSyC8

Great video, sure wouldn't want to tune the bottoms of those skis.

The video was filmed in Trail, B.C. and I was there a few years ago. We skied Red Mountain and remember driving through Trail.

[smilingcat]

but where is the brain bucket??

watching those skis sending sparks from underneath made me cringe!! So it was super bowl ?? Have no clue as usual. Guys made fun of me one year when I said it was so eerie going to the grocery store and seeing empty shelves where bags and bags of chips once sat and no beer in the refrigerated section. Then all of sudden bunch of guys came running in split into two groups, one went to the empty shelves and grabbing whatever was left and we watched as the second group grabbing large boxes of beer. And they were gone!! It was half time...

I'll never understand.

[Crankin]

Nah, it's just the play offs.
Same thing went on here, with the Patriots. I made the mistake of going grocery shopping at around 4 PM, when everyone was in a frenzy buying wings and other junk food at the store. Usually, we go out to really nice places that are hard to get into on these play off nights, but we had been in Boston on Friday night, so we chilled and watched a movie. DH put the game on after the movie, but only for a little bit.
It was amusing to see how Tebow's "praying," etc. played here in New England.
Not so well. I'll never understand why sports figures feel the need to attribute their victories to G-d and shove their brand of religion down our throats. I am not anti-religion, but I just don't think it should be part of sports.

[Pax]

Nah, it's just the play offs.
Same thing went on here, with the Patriots. I made the mistake of going grocery shopping at around 4 PM, when everyone was in a frenzy buying wings and other junk food at the store. Usually, we go out to really nice places that are hard to get into on these play off nights, but we had been in Boston on Friday night, so we chilled and watched a movie. DH put the game on after the movie, but only for a little bit.
It was amusing to see how Tebow's "praying," etc. played here in New England.
Not so well. I'll never understand why sports figures feel the need to attribute their victories to G-d and shove their brand of religion down our throats. I am not anti-religion, but I just don't think it should be part of sports.

Stolen from FB, kinda cracked me up.

[Biciclista]

oh Pax, that's good. Last night Raleighdon said, hmmm God isn't helping Tim Tebow today..

[Crankin]

Jeez, I don't know who was laughing harder, me or DH.
That is awesome, Pax.

[Trek420]

It was amusing to see how Tebow's "praying," etc. played here in New England.
Not so well. I'll never understand why sports figures feel the need to attribute their victories to G-d and shove their brand of religion down our throats. I am not anti-religion, but I just don't think it should be part of sports.

I kind of thought that might be the case as I caught the end of the game last night. Normally with the score so high the winning team takes starters out, runs the ball ...

it looked like they were trying for 10 - 80 New England.

A statement? Ya think? Mmmmaybe.

I am not anti-religion either in fact, I'm on the way to my congregation in a bit but I feel IMHO that if there is a G*d she has other things on her mind. World peace, global warming, disasters, hunger, poverty ... a lot on her plate, busy busy busy. Football? G*d's not watching it.

One sees players praying after a game. I can understand that "Thanks. I can still feel my feet" but to credit G*d for a win?

C'mon, it's a game!

I will now take a knee and be thankful "I was not hit by anyone doing the half-time run for more beer"

[Blueberry]

I am so eternally grateful to be married to someone who knows as much about football as I do - which is very, very little. I'm sort of annoyed that the world is talking about Tebow so much that I know who he is

[ny biker]

My nephew is a huge Broncos fan so I texted him a few weeks ago to ask who is the Tebow person I keep hearing about and do we like him? Nephew responded with several enthusiastic texts about how he was a huge fan of Tebow in college, was super happy to have him on the Broncos, Tebow brought a new style of quarterbacking to the NFL, etc etc. He never once mentioned the religion thing.

Anyway I'm sure he's disappointed today. But the Giants are his #2 team -- when he was a baby, my sister used a Giants duffle bag for a baby bag -- so we still have something to hope for, at least for a few more hours...