A couple of things...

First, I can't tell you how happy I am that Florida lost to Alabama in the SEC title game. I know I am a little late on this but it hasn't had any affect on the joy I feel. I know I shouldn't feel good about anothers failure but Tebow's post game interview was great. I mean he was on the verge of crying. Get a grip dude. Your team was overated all year. Now I am looking forward to him traveling into football obscurity in the NFL,

Second, it is Christmas weekend. Lots of parties to attend. For the first time ever I will be attending a work xmas party. Don't get me wrong I like some of the people I work with but I am not sure I will be able to put up with the BS. By bs I mean all the better then the joneses stuff or all the subtle brown nosing that will be going on. I should enter this with an open mind but I can't. It doesn't help things that I would rather be spending more time at a different gathering on the same day. Don't get me wrong I will be attending the other gathering but would rather be attending it for longer periods of time. I amthinking about trying to find a cheezy xmas sweater for the second gathering. Thrift shops here I come...I am sure they will not be picked over.

Sorry for those of you who are Vikings fans but the rest of us were waiting for that game all year long. Do you know the Vikings have only beaten one team with a winning record. The Packers, and lets be honest most of the time division games don't matter with record. Specially one that has as much angst as that game. Don't get me wrong I think the Vikings are a good team. I just think the hype around Favre is a little much. As a life long bears fan I have no love loss for Favre. He does have a pretty good team around him and the team went 10-6 without him last year and has only gotten better offensively since then. It is only one game but I learned a few things about the Vikings...If you can get pressure on Favre, and it isn't easy, he will revert to the interception king. It was unbelivable that he got thrown to the ground on one play and the very next play threw an interception. He was also falling down on sacks when people barely touched him. Adrian Peterson carried the ball only 18 times in the game? I have been saying this all year long, give Peterson the ball more. 18 times? I don't dislike Childress but come on dude. You have one of the best running backs in the league. The week before Chirs Johnson ran for like 100000 yards on Arizona. GIVE HIM THE BALL! Should be interesting to see how Vikings do against Cincy. I feel Cincy is a similar team as Arizona. My guess is being that Vikings are at home and probably a little angry about last week so they should win. If they don't come out with some intensity though look out.

There is something ultimately peaceful about biking in the cold like this. It just doesn't seem to be any outside noise. Not sure if the cold weather means less people are out and about so there is less noise. Or if the cold air makes sound travel differently. Or if I have so many head layers on I can't hear. In any case all I could hear most of the way to work today was the crunch of my tires on the snow and my breathing. Very peaceful.