Sometimes....

You feel like a blog sometimes you don’t… today I pretty much don’t, however....

Not much foodie activity over the weekend, and in fact most of the weekend (a lot of it anyway) was spent watching the PRO football playoffs, with the division winners hosting all the wildcard round winners.  Things went pretty much to script with three of the four division winners surviving.. notes:


The Packers must have done theirs before the game, because they can get out of town today.  A lackluster performance of stone handed receivers, errant passes, a porous defense, poor coaching decisions (on side kick???), coupled with a pretty good Giants defense put an end to what was to be a glorious undefeated (whoops!) season culminating in retention of the Super Bowl trophy (Whoops II).

Once again, Tom Brady and friends systematically put an end to the Tebow mania; at least for this year.. thanks Patriots..

I did miss a portion of the Ravens game figuring they didn’t need my help, which they didn’t (quite).  With apologies to my Raven’s fan friends, I think their season will end in Foxborough next weekend.  Depending on your defense against the Pats is risky.  I don’t see Mr. Flacco outscoring Mr. Brady.

And easily the most entertaining game was the 49’rs eliminating the Saints once again on the road, and out of doors.  The conditions in Candlestick weren’t far from a dome, yet the Saints just couldn’t get it done.  Small aside….. one of the things that gripes me about the NFL in general is that “tackling” is no more.  You try to bring down a runner/receiver by “bumping” him and hoping for the best.  It used to be that the defense’s job was to bring down the man with the ball.  Now, it seems that upon first contact the main objective is to strip the ball, not down the runner.  The defense immediately paws at the ball, or their first move is to “chop” the arms, not pretty.  Not so with the 49’rs, they tackle.  Hard.  So now Mr. Brees can go home, count all those passing yards, and watch somebody else put on the ring. 

If the 49’rs play with the effort they brought to that game, I’m betting on a San Fran/Patriot Superbowl..  but as always, it’s why they play the games.   We’ll see..

And my Spartans got beat by the Wildcats.  What’s up with that?

Foodie Factoids.. (just to keep my chops in a bit)

Burger King is going to pilot a delivery program in DC.  Apparently they do it in Canada now, and are going to test it here.  Terms and conditions apply.

Privately owned restaurants closed out 2011 with a 3% rise in sales and profit levels not seen since before 2002, according to a financial statement analysis. The 1.93% jump in average profit margins likely reflects the results of ongoing efforts to control costs.

On Saturday we decided to get takeout for dinner so we didn’t have to cook.  So as part of an errand run we stopped in at one of the local BBQ places.  Our order consisted of a combo platter for MFO (two meats, two sides), a half slab of ribs for me along with one side of barbeque beans.  That’s it.  Total cost?  $36.XX.   Quantities were large enough (for us) to make that into two meals, but it seems kind of high.  I suppose there’s a lot of labor in smoking the meats or something..

Okay, I’m tired.

DFD