This is a big day for a lot of people. They'll be watching the Steelers and Cardinals, chuckling at the commercials and singing along with The Boss. It's not a big day for me. It hasn't been for some time. The Super Bowl means I'll be at work, trying to come up with some extravagant layout and clever headline to salute the winner of Super Bowl Cuarenta Y Tres (I think that looks better than XLIII. It sounds better, too). The game will be on at work, but I'll be focused on the five blank pages in front of me. Given that everyone's mind is on the game or on the fact that 2009 Topps has officially hit the streets (that is, if you live in the Southeast ), I'll spare everyone a long, pensive post. Instead, here are a bunch of short, unrelated items that I've been sitting on for a little bit. Something to snack on during one of the biggest food-fest days of the year. I'll start with the Dodgers' agonizingly long quest for another starting pitcher. ...
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