Just getting back into the swing of things after a week in San Antonio and having a little trouble putting Texas in the rear view. Don't get me wrong, Wisconsin has some great things to offer, but as they say, everything is bigger in Texas and from what I could tell, a little better, too.

Most of my gushing comes from the fact that I left 85-degree temps for the still winter-like 30s here in Packerland, but it also comes from the fact that the people in Texas were as down to earth as they come, the food was outstanding, and the sites and scenery were top-notch as well.

Checked out all the area sites such as The Riverwalk, The Alamo, a Spurs game at the AT&T Center, Seaworld and some of the nicest golf courses anywhere and had a great time at each and every one of them. So, anybody looking for a vacation site that you might not otherwise consider, I'd definitely give San Antonio a big Texas-style thumbs up.

In other hobby-related news, I saw that Topps is once again trying to capitalize on some of the most topical people by providing collectors with an insert set titled "World's Biggest Hoaxes, Hoodwinks and Bamboozles" which is highlighted by a card of disgraced scam-artist Bernard Madoff.

While I do applaud the company's creativness, I would suggest simply trying to produce sets with better quality and more affordable prices. I'm not a hardcore collector by any means but I hear the complaints of those who spend every extra dollar on new card sets and I have yet to hear of anybody who wants anything but a fair price and the promise that the products they buy will hold their value for years to come. If the cardmakers can simply look to fix one of the hobby's problems at a time instead of wasting time, money and their own resources to produce gimmick-based products such as this, I think we'd all be better off.