I was rooting for Manning and the Colts going into the game, but I also thought it would be great if New Orleans would win their first Superbowl.  That first half went by really quick and it seemed to be going the Colts way, methodical scoring and just doing enough to keep a lead.

Second half painful to watch, even for a casual fan rooting for the Colts (such as me).  I was just waiting for Manning to do something or break a big play and it just didn't happen.  Even up to the final minute, there seemed that there was still hope that the Colts would go down and score twice to tie the game and send it to overtime.

But that did not happen.  Looking back, it was a really good game and the Saints were the better team yesterday.  They matched the Colts on offense and bested them on both defense and special teams.

Today is the big game.  Granted, I'm a Dolphins fan, but I have to go with the state I live in and the AFC.  It only makes sense to me.  And I am sure my brother (a die-hard Purdue, Brees and therefore Saints fan) does not like it and probably lumps me into the bandwagon crowd.  But, oh well.  I'm just rooting for the Colts, not saying they are my favorite team.

And if you take a look at my two fantasy football team QBs, I have Manning and Brees, so I am hoping they both do well.

We are only have a little family get-together party today and it was all last minute anyways, but it should still be fun.  Beer, food and family...can't complain there, eh?

A couple of weeks ago, I was supposed to have my annual performance review, but then at the last minute, my manager was told to hold off.  Yesterday, I had another one-on-one and this time I did get my performance review.

It was very good, ranking 4 out of a possible of 5.  I was actually a little harder on myself than my manager, so I can't complain there.  Not a single one of her comments had anything negative, which I was surprised about.  Not because I think I have a lot of work-related negatives, just that my manager usually takes it as an opportunity to point out areas that I could improve on, which I actually like to hear.

The review ended and I was told that we got some new, higher job bands (basically meaning a salary range), but couldn't share them yet, but I'd be compensated as much as possible.  Now, we'll just see if the money follows...

As you may have noticed, by some of my submissions in the photo club forum, I purchased a mini-digital camera over the weekend.  It has been affectionately dubbed, "crapcam" and I've been playing around with it for a few days.

I picked it up at Walgreens for $10.  I don't have the exact specs, but its got to be less than a megapixel.  There's not LCD preview screen, so you don't see what you have taken until you download it to your computer.  And the quality is subpar.  But, its a fun little toy to play with and I think it shows that you don't need a professional camera to share photos.

I think some of the black and white photos that I posted turned out pretty good.  And I do think there is a little bit of charm taking pictures without having the instant feedback you get with "real" digital cameras.