Sunday Night...

- So yeah, I did my first-ever guest blog post yesterday for my pal Ben, who has been mission-tripping in Haiti since Wednesday. Ben's all about the awesome and I blogged about our awesome outdoors. My pal Katie's guest blog post was awesome, as well!

- So yeah, Garrison Keillor really did write a song about Thursday afternoon's USAir Flight 1549 excitement. He performed it on last night's Prairie Home Companion show. Lyrics and streaming audio are here. (The audio only works in the IE browser.)

- Speaking of USAir Flight 1549, gotta hand it to the pilot and his crew. The guy made the best of what could have been abject tragedy. He put that plane right down in the cold Hudson river and everybody on board lived to tell the story. I think I'll read the passenger safety card a little more closely from now on.

- I'm planning a little mini-vacation at the end of February. A friend of mine is getting married down in Orlando, Florida and he has invited me to attend. My dad's youngest brother and his wife live in the area so I'll happily fly in for a couple of days.

- So yeah, the Chicago/St. Louis/Phoenix-Glendale/Arizona Cardinals really are the NFC Champions. Ain't it funny the way things work out? The best team in the NFC's worst division is going to the Super Bowl. With a 37-year old QB at the helm. I feel happy for Kurt Warner. God's giving him another shot at glory after so many years of struggle following his previous triumph with the Rams. I loved seeing old Bill Bidwill hoist that trophy - gotta believe there was some gnashing of teeth among the old-guard civic leaders in St. Louis.

- Speaking of the Rams, they have apparently gotten the Man they wanted as their next coach. Many fans despaired when word got out that long-shot candidate Jason Garrett of the Cowboys had flown into town for a second interview Friday night. Less than 24 hours later, word leaked out that Steve Spagnuolo of the Giants would be the new coach and Garrett was quickly hustled out of town.

- Chili-dog is really gassy lately. She just is. I'll be sitting here and she'll be sitting here and suddenly she just spouts off. I'm going to try her on plain low-fat yogurt this week. The live cultures in the yogurt are said to be the best remedy for the bad bacteria that causes the gas.

- I did get over to Simpson County Park yesterday for a nice afternoon walk with the dog.

- Not much else happening 'round here lately. The temperature did bottom out right on schedule, right in the heart of January. I felt really great about that because, well, I like it when things happen when they should. It should be really, really cold in the the middle of January in the middle of America. Work's been a little crazy lately. The most recent round of layoffs within my parent company have resulted in the outsourcing of our sister publication's tech support to my company's tech support of which I am part. That will mean more work once we figure out how we're going to do it.

- A new work week starts tomorrow, folks...let's make it a good one.