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I think Super Bowl commercials peaked in the 1990's & 2000's and have set a very high bar that is tough to live up to. The past few years have been underwhelming & this year was no exception. A few that gave me a chuckle was the Uber Eats ad with Jelly Roll, Usher and Jennifer Aniston and being a fan of "Arrested Development", enjoyed the Reese Peanut Butter Cup (one of my favorite snacks) with Will Arnett doing the voice over & CeraVa moisturizer with Micheal Cera. The worst were Home.com with Daniel Levy (even though I'm also a big fan of Schitts Creek) & the weird alien commercial with Martin Scorsese. I guess advertisers figure all they need to do is just put a big name in a commercial and it'll be a hit. The actual best commercial was the one that was NOT shown in it's entirety, Cardi B's Duck Plumper ad. CBS did not show the second half of the ad, too risque I guess. Here is the full, uncut version. I personally find it hilarious & think it's safe for work but I have a twisted mind.

I had recorded the game & start to watch it about 2 hours after it began. I fast-forward thru most of the first half, semi-watched the 3rd quarter& watched every second of 4th & OT. Good game, love the comebacks & last second score tie it up. I feel like there was a time when the Super Bowl was always a blowout & pretty much over by halftime. As you said, this is how a Super Bowl should be.

Better get your heart in shape, you're going for a 3-peat next year.

If you think about it, there is a holiday every month worthy of tree decorations. Except August, no holidays on August. Poor August.

That's what me & my siblings did after our parents died & we put the old homestead up for sale. After the usual sibling squabbles of course. There are 4 of us but once 3 of us were on the same page - which took a few years, btw - we were able to move forward. Like you said, don't get top dollar (which is what the lone holdout was looking for) but the speed, ease and peace of mind was most important at that time.

I'm with you about how the house seems so empty & lifeless. Same here. I normally keep Christmas up until mid-to-end of January so this is really only 2 week longer. Just finished taking everything down & boxed up, ready to go into the attic tomorrow. I'm recording all things Super Bowl so now, at 8:00 pm ET. I'll start watching beginning with the pre-game show. I'm not much of a football fan & I have no feelings good or bad towards either team so I'll be fast forwarding a lot, basically watching commercials & the halftime show. If the game is close, I'll watch the last half. That way if there is any life-changing controversial calls/plays, I can join in on the Monday morning debates.😄😉

Speaking of clutter, I finally had my pull-down attic stair case replaced. It had started to break at the end of December & became unsafe to use. As far as I know, it's the original which would make it 60 years old and it felt like it was made of toothpicks and sawdust. It was always creaking & groaning whenever I'd use it to go into the attic and it finally gave way at the end of last year. Wood started to crack, hinges bent out of shape & one of the springs snapped off. I had to prop it close with a pole saw. Now I have a nice, new sturdy aluminum pull down ladder with a 375 pound weight limit. What does this have to do with clutter? Well, my Christmas decorations and both Christmas trees are stored in the attic. And since I couldn't put them away & I didn't want a bunch of boxes cluttering the house, I left all the decorations and both trees up. Yep - house was still fully decorated up to yesterday & I kept both trees lit. Nothing sadder than an unlit tree. Finally putting everything away & returning the house to normal. 🙂 I'm pretty sure I'm the last one to take down their tree. 😉

That's what I do. Works perfectly from my android phone but only occasionally with my Windows laptop. It'll bring me to the vicinity of where I last left off, sometimes a few posts before or after so I will miss a few posts from time to time. Weird.

I'm no longer getting new posts notifications in the little bell in the upper right corner but I am getting notifications whenever someone reacts to something I posted. I've turned off email notifications a long time ago. Might be a good idea for you to do the same as you may be bombarded with 18,000 emails when (if) they fix the problem. Oddly, there is no banner message on the top of the page from the admin asking us to be patient while they work in the problem.

I like to look at it as an investment in the future. The more I spoil my child now, the more they will spoil me when I'm a ols, broken down decrepit man. You've raised a fine young gentleman & that's a reflection of your awesome parenting skills. No doubt you keep him grounded as well. Congrats to you as parents & to him for his new set of wheels. More practical than a Mustang. 🙂

That's a sweet ride. It's safe, practical, & just a cool all around vehicle. The complete package and he deserves it. My nephew has been looking into buying one but hasn't pulled the trigger

I actually just finished up taking the time to type a thoughtful reply& got an error message when hitting the submit button. In the time it took for me to type, the post I was replying to went poof. I guess the mods are telling us to move on to a different subject so..... My prediction for tomorrow's game is they will cut away to show Taylor Swift 19 times. Approx 4 times each quarter and 3 times during the half time show. 😀

The previous owner of my house had planted bulbs over the yard in various corners. Early & late blooming versions of snowdrops, tulips, daffodils, etc of all different varieties. From late Feb until mid-May, it was always a colorful treat of flowers suddenly appearing all over them place, perfectly timed to bloom as others were dying out. As time went on, the bulbs either died or squirrels and other animals dug them out. Funny thing is, sometimes the squirrels would just relocate them to a different part of the yard and I'd have tulips or daffodils appearing in the middle of the front yard. I tried to replenish them from time to time but I have a black thumb. So I decided to let nature take it's course and eventually most of the bulb gardens have thinned out.

I hate it when the magic fairy dust gets sprinkled before I can hit the reply button.😃

Thank you for being so open and sharing some of the medical issues. Hopefully that will satisfy the inquisitive minds. 🙂

I saw that she had reacted to a couple of posts earlier today.

Not that I'm counting but I think I counted 10 glasses of wine, a beer, 4 cocktails and a bottle of wine. Seems to me you are in fine drinking shape. 🙂👍. Kudo's

I think the title needs to be changed from "A running report" to "A drinking report". 😄 j/k

Thank you! Glad to hear this.

Thank you for posting Lenny. So sorry that you suffer from so many ailments but so glad that you are okay and that you have a procedure in place to let is know if things turn horrible. Love your positive attitude 🙂

Is it a sea day? Maybe 5,000 other people are posting their Tiktok videos of the trip at the same time.

I always joke that 3 great, revolutionary life-changing events occurred in 1964. 1) The Beatles came to America and revolutionized music. 2) Ford introduced the Mustang & revolutionized sporty cars for the younger generation. 3) I was born. And in that order. 🤣

You are a regular Amtrak passenger, correct? I'm thinking of booking my first Amtrak trip later this month, NY to Philly. Question: How is their on-time performance? The reason I ask is that when I take Metro-North train into NYC, the station is shared with Amtrak & it frequently seems the Amtrak trains are behind schedule, sometimes by many hours. Not sure if that is typical or isolated to that one line, which is the Hudson line up to Montreal. From what I understand, there is a lot of freight trains that get priority schedule that impacts Amtrak, which hopefully is not the case between NYC & Philly.

Tha National Trust is doing a great job maintaining the winter garden. The Snow Bells look great. Mine not so much although they are a couple weeks early. The spring like weather (high 50s F) has tricked then into an early bloom. Plus I do absolutely nothing to care for them.