I’ve been asked a few times if I’m going to watch the Super Bowl this year now that the Vikings are out of it. Yeah, sure, I’ll keep an eye on it like I usually do. But most Super Bowl games are lopsided and boring. I actually went bowling last year during the first half of the big game — and posted one of my highest scores, a 214. I got a little interested near the end when the Cardinals made a game of it.Speaking of the Cardinals, that brings me to the latest video masterpiece that Mona and I made. It’s a little retrospective on our trip to Arizona where we saw the Cardinals whip the Vikings. We had discussed earlier in the season flying out to Minnesota for a game — Mona and I enjoy helping each other make some of our little dreams come true. And I’ve long daydreamed about seeing the Vikings in the Metrodome. But it would have cost a lot of money as it’s difficult to fly in to Minnesota. So we came up with the next best idea — a road trip to AZ. So the Vikings lost. I didn’t mind. But we shot some video while we were out there and thought we’d share it with you.

There were a lot of highlights this year — and the trip to Arizona, win or no win, was one of them. Another one was meeting Brent McClanahan, one of the Vikings running backs in the ’70s who competed in three Super Bowls. As I’ve written before, he attended one of the games at Northwood Pizza in Irvine where the Southern California Viking Club meets to watch games and he showed me his rings. They were huge. Just think how big they’d be if they’d won.

Well, I’m also a Cubs fan so “wait till next year” is always my motto. If we woo Brett back we could get another shot at the big one. Here’s hoping we will.

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