Twas the Night Before the Super Bowl

Tuesday, 03 February 2009 08:09 LAST_UPDATED2 Written by John Campbell

'Twas the night before the Super Bowl, when along the gulf shore,
Steelers fans were praying for "just one more;"
The players were nestled all snug in the sack,
With visions of the first NFL Six-Pack;
Coach Tomlin was young, but wise for his years,
So I drifted off to sleep without any fears;
When at the stadium there arose some strange chatter,
The Cardinals feared, what was the matter;
We heard "Okel Dokel", we heard "Double Yoi,"
We jumped from our beds, our hearts jumped for joy;
He stood at the fifty with a grin ear to ear,
Steelers fans everywhere started to cheer;
Then in an instant to our surprise,
This little old man had tears in his eyes;
He went to the booth and there took his chair,
While Terrible Towels waved in the air;
Then over the airwaves came his shrill voice,
The Steelers Nation began to rejoice;
He said, "I am back, but you know I can't stay,
I just had to see my Steelers play;
From my home up above, I have a great view,
But I wanted to celebrate here with you;
So bring on the Birds, we'll send them a flyin',
On the way back to Phoenix, they will be cryin';
Ben, Hines, Troy, Jeff and all of the rest,
No matter the outcome, to me you're the best;"
The airwaves went silent, the stadium still,
Was this just a dream, it seemed so real;
In our team we have faith, in our team we have hope,
But the game's not the same without Myron Cope;

Written by:
  A.K. Young
01-23-09

Shoes and Ears : Loads of Fun

Wednesday, 24 December 2008 10:06 Written by John Campbell

Shoes and Ears... Who would have thought they would be so much fun!  Not me... initially.

Shoes are the leather or canvas things that I put on each morning right after my socks.  Yes I put pants on first, but I am honored that you know me well enough to think that first!  I usually don't think about my shoes again until I go to the gym and need to change them and again when I get ready to go to bed.  It bothers Alicia that I wear my shoes all the time, especially right after the carpets have been vacuumed but what can I say, I hate being without shoes.

I take good care of my shoes and Alicia will tell you all that I am the Imelda Marcos of men.  If I had it my way, I would have a different pair of shoes for each day of the month.  So get to the point already John!  Shoes are awesome to me, but apparently to Sawyer they are even more of a blast.  He loves to take them on and off, wear big shoes on top of his shoes, eat shoes, lick the bottoms of shoes, throw shoes and put shoes on his hands.  If you are around Sawyer, make sure your shoes are hidden away somewhere or on your feet because if they aren't he will stake claim to them like Columbus took claim to the Indian's land way back when.  He just loves them so much, they are FUN!

OK, so I mentioned ears too...  It isn't that ears are FUN to Sawyer, it is that Daddies ears are just not big enough apparently.  I thought they were plently big myself but Sawyer disagrees.  He opposes my feelings on my ears so much that he is attempting to strech them out like those wierd people in Nat Geo documentaries that spread their lips or earlobes with bigger and bigger earings, or lip rings.  He likes to pull on my ears only and he can't go to sleep without doing so.

The moral of the ears story is this... Please don't make fun of my growing ears when you see me as it is not my choice. But I think it is so cute that I am willing to deal with freakishly large ears and cuts from little fingernails all over them because it makes him soooooo happy!

Oh how those little things that first irritate us become the things we love so much!