Final Notes on Super Bowl XLV

The buildup to north Texas's Super Bowl XLV seemed to last for years. Correct that: it did last for years. So, it was hard to keep the actuality from being a letdown compared to the anticipation. But it's hard to imagine a bigger letdown than what north Texas experienced over the last week. One Steelers fan was asked where the Super Bowl XLV experience ranked compared to the previous 44 Super Bowls and he replied, about 47th. And that was before the outcome of the game was known. Ouch.

(For Packers fans, on the other hand, the final score probably made up for whatever disappointments they experienced in the lead-up to the game. But they are cheeseheads still in the warm afterglow of victory, so they are a poor judge of the week's happenings.)

After the jump, my own final notes on Super Bowl XLV.

Super Bowl Champions

NFL Shop

What?!? Too soon?

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Postgame update: That pregame prediction above turned out to be not too soon after all.
Final score: Green Bay Packers 31, Pittsburgh Steelers 25.
NFL Championship #13. Go Pack!

Worthy of note: Two of the five stars in the poster above were lost to injury in the first half. The Packers still found a way to win.

Packer Weather in Dallas for the Super Bowl

From 2011 02 Super Bowl Freeze

To see more photos from the "frozen tundra" of north Texas, look here

Jeffrey Weiss, in The Dallas Morning News Richardson blog, put out a call for tales of the frigid north: Richardson super storm stories. After the jump, my attempt to comply.

Twitter Tracks: Hoops, NFL, Bush Station Real Estate and More

Twitter tracks from January, 2011:

• 2011 01 02 - Between the Folds (2008): Documentary of origami. Raises questions about what is art and shows surprising applications in science. See it.
• 2011 01 02 - In basketball news, Rice 71, TCU 60. Rose Bowl glory doesn't transfer to other sports. Good luck to Horned Frogs in the Big East. Go Owls!
• 2011 01 04 - The Grand Design, by Hawking and Mlodinow: M-Theory explains how universes spontaneously arise. Edges God farther out of the picture. B-
• 2011 01 04 - Bill McCalpin explains Form Based Code and its implications regarding Bush Station development plans (and mentions me!) http://goo.gl/gEt8F
• 2011 01 04 - DART Man finally gets his paved walk to Bush Station. But he still doesn't sound happy. Some people like to find fault. http://goo.gl/2IrQt
• 2011 01 05 - Goodbye Ian McCann and Jeffrey Weiss. You'll be missed. Headline: "The Dallas Morning News to Erect Paywall"
• 2011 01 05 - He knows demographics of his customers. Jim Moroney: "We're down to a core group that says 'You'll pry the paper from my cold, dead hands.'"
• 2011 01 05 - The miraculous Texas immunity to the recession is apparently mythical. http://goo.gl/fgUAl
• 2011 01 05 - Thanks for his service. Will others follow? "Longtime Richardson council member John Murphy won't seek re-election." http://goo.gl/0bMij

After the jump, more Twitter tracks.

Flashing Yellow Arrows Everywhere

By now, Richardson drivers are becoming quite familiar with the flashing yellow arrow on traffic signals at intersections with a left turn lane (at least before today's rolling blackouts, which turned many intersections dark). Richardson has been slowly converting intersections to the new standard for over a year now.

After the jump, now it's Arlington's turn.