I know, it's been a couple weeks

I've been searching for something to write about, but it's been slim pickings. I thought about the Super Bowl and how it's an overhyped glorification of commercialism. For the record, I only watched about the last four minutes - enough to see that the pundits who were picking Carolina by double digits were very wrong. Congratulations to Denver on winning this year's contest.

I didn't see any of the commercials or the halftime show, and I'm actually OK with that. Life goes on, even if the Super Bowl and its accessories (which have begun to outshine the game in recent years) aren't on my "must-see" list.

Then I thought about this time of year and how we're to the lose-and-go-home part of the high school winter sports seasons. But I've written about that before, and I don't want to go through all the cliches again. But district wrestling starts tomorrow with state tournament berths on the line. Subdistrict girls' basketball begins on Monday, and if you lose, you're pretty much done. There are a couple teams that are high enough in power points a loss wouldn't hurt them, but otherwise a loss means the season is over. Some teams may be waiting for that first-round loss so they can be done.

Then I thought about Lent and how, although my church doesn't observe the practice, giving up some things may not be a bad thing. I'd considered giving up fast food this year, but it's way too convenient with my schedule. So I've stopped getting candy. After I'd made that determination, I remembered that I won't be able to eat Cadbury eggs, which are my favorite, but then I decided I'd buy some anyway and save them until Easter. We'll see how good my willpower is.

Then I thought about snow - which wasn't too hard since there are still piles and piles of it around town. I was disappointed in the job our city crews did "clearing" the streets after the last storm. In my opinion, based on the streets I drove, they didn't do a very good job at all. The intersections were atrocious and the streets themselves weren't much better. Trying to turn east onto my street was impossible if another car was westbound at the intersection.

So I really don't have anything to write about this time. Sorry about that.