Paul Bixby , Bears Super Fan

Wow, have my co-bloogers been active lately, or what? Normally, I blog a little more often, but sadly this has been a very hectic last two weeks. Unfortunately, on very short notice, my family must move by the end of the month, my father (MisterBixby Sr.) is in the hospital for tests, I've been trying to keep up with my obligations at Tube of the Day (my other blog - some content not appropriate for minors) and I have been slammed at work (plus I've been a little under the weather). All told, not a good last coupla weeks. Also, Mrs. Bixby (Not Her Real Name) and Thing 1 have started school so it has been very hectic.

Tonight we spent at the new place building new furniture, trying to figure out how we are going to fit 5 years of accumulated living flotsam that our old place acquired into a completely different location. It's as if one's furniture gradually builds a sort of inertia of having been in the same location or configuration for so long that it is nearly impossible to envision them in a different sized room.

It takes a leap of imagination to see how the same pieces can be combined differently to make a whole different puzzle. I hope Lovie and Ron Turner can make that leap too. The Bears defensive line has held nearly the same configuration for nearly Lovie's whole tenure. The offense was created around the kind of arm and speed that Rex Grossman can provide. When he was not available last year, they didn't come up with a new playbook for the same Offensive puzzle pieces to create a new puzzle, they just used fewer pieces to make a small portion of the overall picture. They didn't play to Kyle's strengths, so much as they just removed the plays that relied on Rex to be Rex and hoped Kyle could make do.

I know this may seem out of left field, but I am getting a little trepidatious as we move past one completed game for Rex. I am scared that he will get that dreaded Season-Ending Injury (tm) again and instead of developing plays that let Griese be Griese, they will simply drop Rex-reliant plays and hope Griese doesn't screw it up (not that he would).

I guess this post seems random, but it's what's on my mind. Maybe it's just my Kitten-loving buddy promising that his guys will break our guy that has me traveling such a sour train of thought. I'm sure everything will be fine, and the Boys in Blue have proven that they can use even a portion of their current game plan to succeed, regardless of who is at the helm. All QB issues aside though, I'm not concerned about the Bears chalking up another W tomorrow.

By the way, if you see two adorable little Honey Bears in the crowd tomorrow on NBC5's Bears Game Day Live, that's my little girls Thing 1 and Thing 2 (hopefully, we can get them to do their impression of Chris Farley's Superfan dance - minus the coconut bra and grass skirts). The stunner in the Orange Bears shirt with them will be Mrs. Bixby (Not Her Real Name).