Police Department - please leave a message at the tone.

I'm probably the only guy that will get this but one comment I read about the Packer game was:

"Aaron Rodgers needs to bump up the difficulty to All-Madden" THAT is funny!

There have been many many playoff games for Green Bay in the lasy 90 years and the Packers have had many really really good Quarterbacks - but NO ONE has ever had a better game then Aaron Rogers and I will say this right now . . .

Ted Thompson! you are a genius! I was never a BIG doubter but I have questioned you on several occasions and . . . I WAS WRONG!!

For a team to lose these guys and still be in a Championship game - I bow to your knowledge

* 56 Nick Barnett ILB (IR) Injury
* 42 Morgan Burnett SS (IR) Injury
* 54 Brandon Chillar ILB (IR) Injury
* 88 Jermichael Finley TE (IR) Injury
* 25 Ryan Grant RB (IR) Injury
* 91 Justin Harrell DE (IR) Injury
* 41 Spencer Havner TE (IR) Injury
* 97 Johnny Jolly DE (Susp.)
* 59 Brad Jones OLB (IR) Injury
* 29 Derrick Martin FS (IR) Injury
* 96 Mike Neal DE (IR) Injury
* 74 Marshall Newhouse G/T (IR) Injury
* 51 Brady Poppinga OLB (IR) Injury
* 27 Anthony Smith FS (IR) Injury
* 65 Mark Tauscher OT (IR) Injury

That's like a whole team!

Back to Rogers - he threw 28 passes to his 4 core Wide Receivers and 26 would caught. Each receiver had over 75 yards - THAT is amazing. The running game - some will look at the yards but for the Packers you look at attempts! Twenty Eight attempts which typically means you are gaining yards - maybe not big runs but enough to keep the defense honest. This is all the Packer running game is used for - Keep'm honest.

I love the fact that by the end of the 3rd quarter the Stadium was basically all Packer fans and it became a home game.

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Columbus Chamber of Commerce - WELCOME to the world. Looks like our Chamber is heading in the right direction AND TAA DAAA has a new website

http://columbuswichamber.com/

In other big news Napoli's Italian Restaurant and Pizzeria have a new sign. Why is this news? because the Columbus Main Street Organization helped fund the sign. You see since most of the downtown of Columbus is Historic District there is a law saying you can not have any back-lit signs and MainStreet helps business owners get the correct sign!

Way to go MainStreet!

You know I get emails from people asking me how Columbus is going and I say - BORING!! Nothing new and exciting except for a town that is working together as one (finally) and getting things done - WEIRD!!!

There is one thing that irritates me. The Police department. Why is it that a person can not actually TALK to anyone if there is a non-emergency - you have to leave a freaking message.

Last year there was a fire out in the country! Nothing I was too excited about but I tried to call the Police Department at night and I had to leave a message!

Josh had a guy run his pick-up into his fence - call police - leave message! grrrrrr