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Mayor Bloomberg and Mayor Thomas Menino of Boston are putting it all on the line for Sunday's Super Bowl. After winning the awful bet from Green Bay, Bloomberg has a lot more riding on the line when the Giants face off against the Patriots this weekend. As is the custom when the playoffs roll around, the mayors of the teams participating decided on a friendly food wager. The stakes, or should we say steaks, are upped in this bet as the Vince Lombardy Trophy are on the line.

The Giants won the NFC Championship in overtime, beating the Green Bay Packers 23-20 in overtime and overcome the frigid, below-zero conditions. They are now headed to the Super Bowl where they will meet the New England Patriots, who beat the San Diego Chargers 21-12.

Usually, if you want to see Brian Posehn you need to wait for a repeat of Just Shoot Me, Mr. Show, or The Sarah Silverman Program to come on, but on April 19th through 22nd you can head on over to Caroline's to get your Posehn fix. Gothamist decided to do a quick Q and A with Brian to find out what this comedy super star thinks of some of life's biggest issues, like religion, death, and balls.

At 10-4 after a great all-around effort in a 37-14 win over the visiting Seattle Seahawks yesterday, we would think the Jets can relax as they coast into the AFC playoffs, right? Not so fast. In order to clinch an iron-clad spot in the postseason, they must defeat AFC East rival New England next weekend at home (4 p.m., TV: CBS).

With Amani Toomer injured and unlikely to play, we feel that this is going to be a tough game for Big Blue to take, but we also remember that last season the Giants handed the then 6-0 Vikings their first loss of the season and sacked Culpepper 4 times. With Toomer out, Gothamist favorite Jamaar Taylor will have to make some plays and we feel that he will. The offensive line is also banged up and that terrifies us.

First off, we know the Browns are banged up, with Kellen Winslow and Courtney Brown not playing, but the big story is � drumroll please � the Giants offense stinks. Seven turnovers should certainly get you more than 20 points, but we know that wasn't the case against the Skins. Now the troops are getting restless. Tight end Jeremy Shockey mouthed off on Wednesday that he feels he�s being misused and then yesterday Amani Toomer chimed in that he's unhappy with his role.

As all Giants fans know, defense sets the tone and the defense yesterday went a long way to turning the Giants young season around. The unit forced 7 turnovers that led to 17 points and led Big Blue to a 20-14 victory over the Redskins. It was the Giants first victory in their last nine games. The Giants have never lost 10 in a row.

Although negotiations can't officially begin until 4 PM this afternoon, numerous sources have revealed that former St. Louis Rams quarterback Kurt Warner will be in a Giants uniform very soon, possibly as early as today. "He's got a real good feeling for the Giants," Warner's agent, Mark Bartelstein, said. "That's really all I can say right now."

IBM will be rolling out a "smart shopping cart" that will help give suggestions and as well as alert shoppers to discounts. Users will just swipe a card through the cart's reader, which may eventually interact with shelves, so customers will see "an ad chicken soup as the person heads down the soup aisle." That's very HAL from 2001 meets Minority Report. But as this is Big Blue's effort to help grocery stores remain competitive with Wal-Mart, Gothamist just says, "Good luck." The Post also notes that other supermarket tech products to be rolled out include, "Veggie Vision, which with its digital camera and a library of hundreds of pictures of vegetables and fruits can determine what is being placed on its scale. It then weighs and prices the items." Gothamist predicts these smart readers will never see the light of day in New York.

I've been thinking a lot about spam this week. I've decided to hit the unsubscribe link on every piece of spam I get in order to see if I end up getting more or less messages per day over the next four weeks. I have a feeling most of the unsubscribe scripts just place your email on a list to get "anti-spam" technology and such, but it's fun to see what happens. I've realized how pervasive the unsubscribe link is- there is usually one even on porn spam. I only get one or two pieces of real spam everyday- the totally unsolicited kind, with no unsubscribe option. Spam blocking tech from Big Blue: Wired News: New Plan for Spammers: Charge 'Em