The Rotten Beef Blog

With Super Bowl XLIV a little over a week away, the talk isn’t usually about who is playing or the artist performing at the  mini concert at halftime, no the buzz on the streets is usually about…..wait…..commercials!

Yes the only time people look forward to watching television commercials. Why? Well let’s just say if life really did imitate art, then some of these Super  Bowl Videos would be everybody’s dreams (at least one of mine).

Don’t get me wrong, this years Super Bowl should prove to be one of the best games in Super Bowl history. Two top seeded teams, both with dome fields for home stadiums and high powered offenses. I for one am looking forward to watching a great game. But the commercials will be on my viewing list too. I’ll just have to make sure to use the little coaches room before the game!

Ain’ts no more! The New Orleans Saints have made it to their 1st ever Super Bowl appearance in the 43 years of their franchise history. With the accomplishment of this feat by New Orleans, this now leaves only four teams that have never made it to the Big Game; Cleveland Browns, Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars and the Detroit Lions

Super Bowl XLIV is going to be a game of firsts. Besides the Saints first ever big game appearance, it’s the 1st time since 1993 that the top 2 seeded teams met in the Super Bowl. And while dome teams historically have struggled in the playoffs, this will be the 1st time that two dome teams have met in a Super Bowl.

The Indianapolis Colts opened as 3 point favorites as soon as the Saints defeated the Vikings. No matter who wins this game, these two high powered offenses stand to make this a Super Bowl fans will remember for ages!

Every man stamps his value on himself… man is made great or small by his own will. — J.C.F. von Schiller

When Wal-Mart runs out of long johns! I went in to a local store today to find some long underwear as it has been a long time since I lived in a cold weather location. When I finally found where they were located in the store, there was only one pair of pants and maybe 5 or 6 shirts left. A few were open and the pants that were left were not my size.

I asked one of the store associates standing nearby if that is all they had, and she told me there was a big rush to grab them this week.

Guess I should have been better prepared. Better luck to me next time.

Hope you stayed warm.

Doesn’t it just figure? I just finished up 10 years of collecting this 50 State Quarter collection the U.S. Mint puts out and now I find out they are doing another set of them! not only did they do all 50 states, but they also did 6 U.S. Territories.

How will I ever keep up with all this collecting? The only beef I had about it was it took so long to find just ONE of the quarters! I still had fun putting the set together.

Happy collecting!

So I drop my prescription off at the local (national chain) pharmacy today and say I’ll be back in a couple hours to pick it up. A couple hours (or longer) pass by and I stop back to get my prescription. The person at the window says “when did you drop it off?” A couple hours ago I tell them. “Did you drop it off inside or in the drive through?” I tell them the drive through. They look in the tube where I sent it through and lo and behold, there it is! Amazing, it was in the same place I left it TWO HOURS ago! So now They want me to wait another 15 minutes until its ready.

Who else besides me thinks there should be a standard inconvenience fee for when businesses (i.e. Doctors, Pharmacies, etc.) inconvenience customers?

Is there any common sense and decency left in this world?

Halloween has just barely passed and already I’m hearing Holiday music. Must mean Black Friday is closing in. Can’t wait!

Black Friday is bringing back crowds.

…only this year it’s not a truck. The 2009 Hess Truck has been revealed as well as the date it goes on sale. These ones are HOT!

2009 Hess Race Car and Racer

You got your pumpkin picked out, but how are you going to carve it for a Halloween Jack-O-Lantern?

Can you carve a prize winning one?