Paul Bixby , Bears Super Fan

First, sorry Lisa. I didn't put together that it was you in the article. I wouldn't have left you out on purpose.

Kenneth, I had not at all realized exactly how young you are. I admit, I'm pretty young, but SuperBowl XX is within my conscious memory. I didn't realize it wasn't even in your lifetime. I might just cry.

Unfortunately , all my guests got scared off by the cold or tempted to stay home and play with a new HDTV (leaving me Bratwurst-less I might add). However, the HoneyBears, Mrs. Bixby (Not Her Real Name) and I are decked out in our Bears regalia and eagerly anticipated opening kickoff. We are currently taking a break from the wall-to-wall coverage by watching the Puppy Bowl's Kitty Half Time Show on Animal Planet. We are going to watch NFL Network's "America's Game: The SuperBowl Champions" episode featuring the 1985 Bears as the Number 2 best SuperBowl team (only number 2? They lost to the '72 Dolphins - I think a 17-0 season overshadowed the actual might of the '85 Bears).

Our anticipation is palpable, our trepidation understandable and our confidence nearly unshakable.

I hope you are enjoying your stay in rainy, but warm, Miami. We are freezing up here. Tom Skilling predicted a HIGH of -2 degrees today. He predicted that we would get up to a high of 1 tomorrow. That's right. O - N - E Degree.

It's so cold that beer I had in a cooler froze solid overnight. I had to bring it inside. Don't believe me? Here's photographic evidence.


The horizontal beer is a non-frozen beer there for reference. It also highlights the position I hope to see Peyton Manning in most of the evening, with the Frosty Beers representing the Frosty Bears defensive line. The one on the left is a bit thawed on the bottom (to show Alex Brown's quick feet?).

Two more jokes for you before the game too:

(I can't believe he's coming back next year!)

Quarterback Brett Farve, after living a full life, died.
When he got to heaven, God started showing him around. They came to a modest little house with a faded Packers flag in the window.
"This house is yours for eternity, Brett," said God. "This is very special; not everyone gets a house up here."
Brett felt special indeed and walked up to his house. On his way up to the porch, he noticed another house just around the corner. It was a three-story mansion with a blue and orange sidewalk, 50-foot tall flagpole with an enormous Bears logo flag on it, and in every window, a blue helmet with a "C" on it.
Brett looked at God and said, "God, I'm not trying to be ungrateful, but I have a question. I was an All-Pro Quarterback, I won a Super Bowl, and I even went to the Hall of Fame."
God said, "So what do you want to know, Brett?"
"Well, why does Walter Payton get a better house than me?"
God chuckled and said, "Brett, that's not Walter Payton's house, it's Mine."

A charity home-builder was doing a walk through with the buyer as construction was nearing completion. They were walking through the house confirming the paint colors for each room chosen by the new owner.

The new owner said the kitchen should be a light blue, he wrote it down and then opened the window and yelled "Green side up!"
They then walked to the living room and the owner asked for a faded yellow, the builder wrote it down and then opened the window and yelled "Green side up!"

They walked up stairs and after noting each bedroom color again the builder wrote it down and then opened the window and yelled "Green side up!"

Finally the new owner had to ask "Why do you keep yelling, 'Green side up?'"

The builder replied, "Just making sure things get done right. I have a crew of Colts players volunteering out there, and they are laying sod today."

There's a million more over at the Chicago Tribune.