honor. Pfft, whatever. Anyway, Tampa is still basking in the afterglow of the Buccaneers' recent victory in Super Bowl LV (thank you, Tom Brady), and yes, we're going for two in a row.
Some serious third-world sh*t
Unless you've been hiding under a rock, then you undoubtedly have heard about Mother Nature giving the central part of the US the cold shoulder, literally. Temperatures in most of the country plummeting to Arctic-like lows. We're talking near zero temperatures as far south as Texas. Speaking of which, you surely know about the disaster that has unfolded there this week. Millions there are STILL without power, and even more have a boil water order.
This type of stuff doesn't even happen in some third-world countries, let alone the most powerful one on Earth* (editorial comment: it was until Trump was elected). Texas wants to do things their own way because they don't want government regulations, and therein lies the problem; their power grid runs independently, which means they don't have to require their power lines to be winterized, much like in the midwest and northeast. My guess is because of global warming, they figured they didn't need to be; bad decision.
I knew it got cold in Texas from watching the Thanksgiving 1993 NFL game between the Cowboys and Dolphins. If you're a fan of either team, you know which one. If you don't follow sports, a freak winter storm hit greater Dallas that day and caused the turf at old Texas Stadium to be covered in sleet. The rest, for Cowboys fans, is misery.
Oh, before I head off to the next topic, don't get me started on Ted Cruz...
Speaking of old school football
One side project I've done is to try and recreate certain memories of my childhood (I know, I'm a dork for that). One such memory is graphics packages on NFL telecasts of the early 1980s, in particular how the helmets appeared on both CBS and NBC. But Bony, it's just a copy of the helmets they wore; not quite. 
As you can see above, this is my recreation of the helmets on NBCs NFL telecasts from 1981-1983. Back then, their graphics were such that the network only could use two colors at a time. Notice that the Bucco Bruce helmet has no red. Also, the faceguards in the photo aren't quite right. I'll get around to fixing them sometime. Anyway, some of those telecasts are on YouTube, so it's a matter of me finding them there (I can't find the Eagles helmet from back then though...)
Shooting my shot...again
Well another Valentine's Day has come and gone, and for me it was the status quo; me stuck being single. Of course this never-ending pandemic has thrown a wrench into everyone's plans. No travel, no personal contact, no nothing (that I know of). In the meantime, there are several I'm kinda interested in. From different parts of the country no less, including Tampa. There are several things hindering me from doing so, most notably members of my own family. My disability checks are going to my sister (which in retrospect was a bad mistake), and I only see little of that. Money I could use to take care of my business not her's. Long story short, I think this is her way of making sure I stay put, because if it were totally up to me, I'd have left Tampa in 2019...
anyway, it's getting late, so I'll finish up. See you on Twitter.
