Back when I was a teenager and even before that I remember that at any given time I had probably a dozen or so phone numbers memorized. I never have to look up the number for my friends, or my parents work numbers. However, after owning a cell phone for the last 10 years I realized that I no longer have the ability to memorize any phone number after dialing it once. In fact, The only numbers I have memorized are my work numbers, and my wife's cell phone number. Even though I have called it countless times, I couldn't begin to tell you what my wife's work phone number is. Likewise, I don't have one single friend that I have memorized his or her phone number. Recently I found myself asking why this is. The obvious answer is as I get older and as technology improved, I have had no real reason to remember any phone numbers.
Last Sunday I went to my second Chiefs game at Arrowhead Stadium. The first was during the 2005 season where the Chiefs finished 10-6 and just missed a Wildcard bid. We had nose-bleed seats, but we got to see Chiefs win the game against the Raiders with a touchdown on the final play after the clock had run out. The atmosphere was great and it was everything I expected a Chiefs game to be. Flash forward 4 years and going in to the Cowboys game last Sunday the Chiefs were 2-27 in their last 29 regular season games. Needless to say I was curious what the attendance levels would be as well as the game day atmosphere.