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Things wordy, geeky, and webbyLinks: Superbowl DFW-style 2011 Edition
Friday, February 4th, 2011 at 4:26 PM |Football fans, welcome to Dallas-Fort Worth and places around and in between! First, sorry about the cold weather. It happens when you have Green Bay and Pittsburgh headlining the game. So what can we do? 
Here are the answers to all your “North Texas” questions and myth crushers from The Dallas Morning News.
Photo by flickr user John Pozadzides
Technically, Cowboy stadium is in Arlington, not Dallas. Oh, not the one with the cemetery. That’s in Virginia. It’s Arlington, Texas where the 2010 MLB American League champions Texas Rangers play. Dang proud of ‘em even if they didn’t win the World Series.
You’ll also find a couple of amusement parks where I spent many summers there including Six Flags and the water park that has changed names many times.
Although Arlington is an entertaining city sandwiched between Dallas and Fort Worth, naming the teams “Arlington” just doesn’t work. Sorry, Arlington.
On top of the identity confusion, did you know that official Super Bowl merchandise say, “North Texas”? Bland, isn’t it?
“Where are you from?”
“North Texas.”
“Where’s the Super Bowl?”
“North Texas.”
Good news is that weather reports predict temps in the 50s on Super Bowl Sunday. I’d say that’s cool. Maybe not South Florida warm, but it’ll do.
I haven’t seen Texas Stadium except while driving on I-20 to my hometown of Fort Worth. My seven-year-old has (camp field trip), my cousin from New York has (Cowboys – Giants game). I just don’t pass that way often and when I do, I’m on my way to hang out with my family in Fort Worth. I did catch a Cowboy game at the old stadium. Neat experience. TV works just fine for me especially with the high priced tickets and parking.
A memorable Super Bowl: I was 11 days from my due date with my oldest child when the Cowboys won the Super Bowl in 1994. Boy, it took a lot of energy not to jump up and down. Folks were surprised I didn’t go in labor during the game.
Brain food…
- 10 Ways to Make Editors Fall in Love with Your Work: Michelle Rafter shares advice from Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) editors.
- Four reasons why the sales growth of e-books will be slower than industry executives think: Michael Hyatt is one of the most reliable resources on the publishing industry.
- The Problem with Memoirs: Harsh, but lots of truths. [Link: Rachelle Gardner]
- Yes Virginia, You Can Over-promote: Sometimes I’m perplexed. I’ve seen folks like the person described in Lori Widmer’s article. Yet, they’re getting results. I aim to help others, get to know ‘em and occasionally point to my work. I think results could be better, but I’d never promote myself like this. And I’ve unsubscribed to newsletters from people who send too much stuff.
And for fun because we’re allowed…
- Typography Art: Darth Vader and Typographic Maps. [Links: Bitrebels]
- Browser History Timeline: Eric Meyer updated the timeline. I remember my first browser: Mosaic from Internet in a Box.
- United States of Awesome and United States of Shame: Texas rocks wind power, but fails high school.
- Intel’s Thrilling Chase Movie: How long did it take to create this extremely creative film?
- 7 Videogame Characters Made out of Bottle Caps: Starring Blinky and Mario.
- Gamer Wedding Cakes: Glad we stuck with a traditional one even if we liked playing games. These are cute, though, especially “Game Over.”
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A lot of talk about the weather for the game… it is after all indoors. What ever happened to good ole football in an outdoor stadium in blowing snow?
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