Love them Stillers

Ah, the city at night. A breathtaking view!

The moon shines over a glorious city with the Steeler logo beaming like the Bat Signal. The river flows as gold as the Terrible Towel. Troy Polamalu. Heath Miller, Big Ben and Hines Ward are larger than life. And the city shines..........

Someone, a while back, asked me why Steelers is pronounced Stillers by alot of Pittsburghers. I don't recall who this person was, I think it was John at work. He is quite a bit younger than I am. So I relayed to him the story I thought I heard somewhere: Our Steelers are named for the men ( and women) that worked in the industry that Pittburgh is famous for: Steel Mills. Due to the laziness in pronunciation of steel mill, it was made to rhyme so it was said that it was a still mill. It's all part of Pittsburghese. "Yinz just get done working dahn at the still mill? jeat yet? No. Ju? Even true Pittsburghers don't pronounce Pittsburgh correctly. It's Pixburgh. Or Picksburgh. Not sure of the spelling on that one. Our friend Tom from Carnegie says Picksburgh. You can see him doing a jello shot below in the slide show!
But, what ever you say Stillers or Steelers, Gotta love that Black and Gold!
Pittsburgh's goin to the Super Bowl! Here we go, Steelers, Here we go!
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Pittsburgh's goin to the Super Bowl!!

Last Sunday, Dean and I went to the club we belong to for the AFC Playoff game. If you are living in a cave, the Steelers were victorious and are going to Tampa for Super Bowl XLIII against the Arizona Cardinals. Here is a look at our party!

We are kicking around the idea of going there for the Super Bowl as well. It so much fun to have that Steeler Fan atmosphere! I'll let ya know how that goes.

What I did on my Christmas Vacation

On the first day of Christmas vacation, I got up and went downtown to look for a job. No, NO. That wasn't me. That was Cheech and Chong in Sister Mary Elephant. Claaaassss!
Anyway, The first day I was off was Christmas Eve Day. It is the normal custom that I go and buy the stocking stuffers that day, but this year, I already had it done, so I went to the grocery store for some last minute things. Christmas Eve, we went to Dean's brother's as per tradition. In the slide show, you will see Angela, Rick, Brooke, Vince Jordan and Mikey.
Christmas day, Dean, Nick and I opened our presents and it was quiet and calm. WE cleaned up from all that and then Dean went to get Sara and the kids. Then it started all over. But we had fun! Take a look.................... (if you put your cursor on each photo, it will show you the captions. click on the - or + to slow or speed the slides)

The rest of time I was taking Nick back and forth to work and the studio, and just enjoying my time off to recharge the ol' batteries. On New Year's Eve Day, Dean and I went to see Valkyrie. I like things that are WWII, true stories, and involve some kind of conspiracy. This one was all 3, so I was in! Tom Cruise in the starring role didn't hurt either. It wasn't Dean's kind of flick, but he said he liked and was a good sport about taking me to the movies. Something we don't do much at all.
New Year's Eve, we stayed home, the 2 of us. Nick had gone to a party at Josh's house and had to work New Year's day. Dean and I watched some of Dick Clark's with Ryan Seacrest, and then we watched some guy from Australia, I think, jump his motorcycle up on the top of the Arc de Triumphe at Paris Paris in Las Vegas. Then he free fall off the other end, bike and all, and sticks the landing. He landed harder than expected and brake his hand. But other than that, it was a success! Pretty cool, Too!
Friday was another recoop day. Saturday we went to the Hot Metal Diner for brunch, got gas and came home to chill out til it was time to go bowling. Today is the last day off and it's back to the grind tomorrow. I am ready to go back. People that don't work during the day, I can't imagine they watch much TV, cause it sucks during the weekdays!
So, it's been a long vacation, and it now winds down to the last few hours..............
But.............

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYBODY!!!