No NFL football, I'll settle for snow instead.

Tonight is a typical Saturday night waiting for Sunday...it won't be just a typical Sunady since the NFL season ended last week.  Now NBA and NHL will fill in the time until MLB season starts in April as flurries are hanging around the cold city. 
The 1inch of snow reminds me when I was very small while attending Quebec Heights CAMAS elementary school (which will be closing down at temporary school on White Street where the former South Fairmount school stood) walking to school in 3 ft of snow as I always assumed school would be open regardless of weather.  Average child between 6-12 would be relieved that school would be close so that person can have his/her friends around to have snowball fights or get a sled and zoom downhill, but I treated school even when I was that young as a job so I showed up very often in the snow.  I usually didn't watch the news because the news in my mind regarding weather crisis is usually wrong.  Almost every time I did so, staff members would look at me and tell me, "school is closed."  I often felt sad then hearing those words as the staff would call my mother to tell her that I came to school anyway and told her to pick me up.
As age caught up with me to a certain degree I laugh when people sometimes get lost or don't know how to maintain patience in driving on 1 inch of snow as the city news channels freak out as if it were 3 feet of snow.
I tried to get photos of Route 41 in the bitter cold yesterday, but Sorta coach 916 broke down by the time I arrived.  The picture of Route 41 below is Sorta coach 2111 on Thursday afternoon.  At least the weather was dry and wasn't unbearable like a polar bear...brr!  I'll survive the next several  cold and hot Sundays without football for a while.
Last night I watched new phenom Jeremy Lin scoring 38 points while picking the Los Angeles Lakers apart last night, what a show he put on.  The run won't last for very long as long as he keeps his head upright as he already has he will represent himself well in the NBA.  On that note his Alma Mater Harvard won their basketball game today.
Lin Show
Photos of buses since last blog entry.

Sorta coach 9050 near Center of Cincinnati Mall layover mid Thursday morning.

Sorta coach 2111 on 3 year anniversary of coach being wrapped with Metro's new look and Identity.  Took photo on Thursday.

Sorta coach 4002 in the bluster cold yesterday.  Coach was 2nd to last coach in 4000 series to be wrapped with Metro's new look and identity in May 2009.

Ice is to 9004 as Fire is to Gold Star Chili

My mouth, nose and ears are recovering from the bitter cold as snow came in earlier today.  Snow covered grassy areas but made the roads slick like rain normally would.   I took a bus photo of Sorta coach 9004 (see below) when snow was falling.  I don't like this coach because it reminds me of sad memories when the bus was ordered in late June of 2009.  In the day the coach made its debut on June 25, 2009 Fara Fawcett died after long battle of Breast Cancer and later reported (but verified his death was earlier in the morning then first announced) the death of Michael Jackson.  After taking the photo, my anticipation of feeling warm eating Gold Star Chili was on my mind...I knew how hot I would be. 
My mouth, nose and ears had to recover from being on fire after eating a 3 way from Gold Star Chili since today was $3 dollar coney mania.  I ordered my 3 way with the habanero cheese to match the cheese that the hot mett coneys have on top.  I never had a shake from Gold Star Chili before so I ordered one to see how good it was, even though I was given the wrong shake.  I ordered Cookies n' Cream shake was given chocolate...but it was smooth and helped stop the burning.

Sorta coach 9004 in the snow.

Gold Star Chili 3 way with habanero cheese, 2 hot mett coneys and chocolate milkshake.

Update of entry Clip Show verses Showtime.
Los Angeles Clippers hopes to reach the same heights of greatness as their Staples Center co-tenants the Lakers takes crumbling hit as shooting guard Chauncey Billups blew (torn) his left Achilles tendon in overtime thriller verses the Orlando Magic in overtime on Monday.
Update of entry as Autistic Man
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4 years ago again, not quite but Giants are champs.

            New York Giants showed their muscles in defeating the New England Patriots 21-17.  What does this mean?  Giants have the worst season record of all time in a 16 game season 9-7 to win a Super Bowl.  Meanwhile for the Patriots, Quarterback Tom Brady is closer to the end compared to being in his prime when the Patriots won teams last Super Bowl verses the Philadelphia Eagles at the end of the 2004 season.  Also any doubts of Giants quarterback Eli Manning as a leader and a manipulator in the line of scrimmage should be erased even though many fans will always compare Eli to second older brother Peyton. 

Four years ago the Patriots had carried the world of hate like Talpa did in the Ronin Warriors to fuel the team psychologically after “The Spygate” scandal which turned the respectable franchise to nothing more than villains in the eye of sports fans.  Giants at that time were just fighting off the Washington Redskins for a playoff spot….both teams eventually did reach the playoffs.  Giants ended up stunning hated NFC East rival the Dallas Cowboys in the Divisional Playoff just 2 weeks after throwing kitchen sinks and everything else trying to stop the Patriots perfection crusade 16-0 fell short 38-35 in 2007 regular season finale.

Patriots at the same time were planning on humiliating the Jacksonville Jaguars not that long after a resounding win verses the Pittsburgh Steelers in the snow.  Patriots did humiliate the Jaguars upside down including a pump fake statue of liberty by Tom Brady spelled down for Jaguars secondary.  Patriots in the AFC Championship game struggle with the injury written San Diego Chargers.  The Patriots this time around were a touchdown pass and a clock malfunction verses the Baltimore Ravens to losing AFC Championship game.

Yes the same 2 teams played in Super Bowl 46 last night, but the circumstances are different.  Eli was just a naïve kid of a quarterback who is the younger brother of Cooper and Peyton as Tom Brady was not that long removed lead the Patriots to a dynasty to start the 2000’s.  In Super Bowl 42 there was a miracle scramble out of the grasp by Eli and the concentration of then Giants wide receiver David Tyree to catch the ball using his hand to keep the ball pinned to his helmet.  No miracle this time around, a perfect thrown pass by Eli in a short window late in the 4^th quarter to wide receiver Mario Manningham.

Giants had a cliffhanger of a game in the cold rain 23-20 in overtime to reach Super Bowl 46.  A week earlier in the NFC Divisional round the Giants won in dominating fashion 37-20 versus the Green Bay Packers.  In defeat to the Giants the Packers became the first team to have a 15-1 record and losses NFC Divisional round.  Giants defeated Packers in Brett Favre’s swan song as his final game as the quarterback in Green Bay in 2007 NFC Championship game.

As a loyal Philadelphia Eagles fan since 1995 it is hard to understand how did they missed the playoffs by 1 game, but the Giants made unprecedented run to finish the 2011 season.  Giants had an easy schedule as the team had a 6-2 record, then after defeating the Patriots in Foxboro the schedule became harder just as it always have been every year for some reason as the team sunk to 7-7.  Giants came from an incomplete pass from Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo to wide receiver Miles Austin from missing postseason play, also were swept in season series to NFC East division foe the Washington Redskins.    In the following week the Giants were pushed to the edge by MetLife Stadium co-tenants the New York Jets which enabled the team to defeat the Dallas Cowboys yet again in the following week to win NFC East title with 9-7 record.  Eli Manning’s story isn’t finished yet, but Tom Brady’s story might have changed as I see both of these guys playing quarterback.

Giants had a poor record and sometimes their confidence was arrogant throughout the season but the Giants showed precision and toughness when the 2011 NFL season ended as Super Bowl champions.

Pictures of the day 

Sorta coach 9043 near Center of Cincinnati Mall.

Buffalo Wild Wings ad in Norwood, Ohio.

Edmondson Road bridge I'm walking through in Norwood, Ohio.

Sorta coach 4022.  Coach was the last Gillig phantom ordered in 2004.