One of these things is not like the other...

This week magician David Blaine set out to do another one of his stunts - this time hanging upside down from trussing for 60 hours in the middle of New York City's central park. I've stayed quiet during his previous, ahem, death-defying stunts - hibernating inside of a giant block of ice, sitting inside of a clear box above a river, and who could forget camping out underwater in a giant bubble for a week - but this time I have to speak up.
While each of these stunts were, uh, classics, there is one thing that keeps sending up a big red flag in my mind: none of these are magic!!!!
I've seen him do magic tricks and, in fact, I was impressed. He ripped up a dollar bill, chewed up half of it, then spit it back out only to have it reattach itself to the rest of the bill. Totally blew my mind! But hanging upside down for 60 hours straight? Yawn. He didn't even stay upside down the whole time! This was partly due to the fact that doctors pretty much told him that his brain could explode and his eyes would burst out of his head if he stayed that way for 60 consecutive hours. So, once every hour he turned himself right side up, let the blood flow back into his extremities, and went back to hanging like a bat in central park.
Then, when he went to make his dramatic 'dive of death' as they called it, it turned out to be a total flop. Yet gobs of fans, who had missed school or work to see him hang upside down, still cheered him on.
What am I not getting here??? Anyone?

A Sunday night well spent

This past weekend was perfect in so many ways. I got to spend time with my fabulous husband, the fall weather was amazing, and I got to enjoy a Steelers game complete with proper football food - pierogies and Italian hot sausage sandwiches. I was especially thankful for the pierogies because we almost didn't get them. Nick and I went on a tri-store search before Dillons finally came through for us. One worker even asked if they were some type of organic food...uh, hardly. Here's a little glimpse of what proper football game food looks like:

But I digress. The game against the Cleveland Browns was great - especially because we came out with a win. The funniest thing, though, was that it was so windy in Cleveland that night that food wrappers and other garbage were flying around the field during every play. It was nasty.
Anyway, the important thing is that we came out with the W (despite some lame plays and half-hearted attempts on our part). The good news is that we've got a whole season to keep improving and working our way toward Superbowl ring #6.