The Super Bowl Holiday

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In keeping with our amusing ourselves to death way of living I suggest that the day after the Super Bowl be declared a holiday, and those of us that are still working can take the whole day off.

It's amazing, actually, the Super Bowl has become such big business, and is so huge -no one can escape it's reach. I actually enjoyed it a bit this year and that is because the kids were so into it.

A few thoughts collected:

After telling anyone that would listen that I'm so smart, I completely screwed up my prediction for the game - I didn't think Indy could lose. Thank God my wife and children are so good at letting me know when I'm wrong.

The Who did all right, right? I thought so - I've always enjoyed their music and was a little frightened that they would look old - they did, but that's okay. Why dissect every note? It was good to see them.

Betty White did the best commercial, right? Who doesn't like her? She's pretty funny no matter what she appears in. Those e-trade babies are good too - you can't lose with babies.

Yet there are some commericals that shoot for funny and come away absolutely pointless. How do they get through marketing when 2.3 mil is the price. Must be a lot of unfunny people judging those before they get out there.

I also wonder why they keep doing the post-game interviews - aren't they always the same? The no-one-respected-us line is getting a bit old. I know they invest a lot of time and effort, but why do they have to feel as if the world is against them?

Hopefully New Orleans can bask in their success and forget about Katrina, finally.

The Manning boys are still going to be all right, aren't they?

Finally, congrats to Sam who had 0-0 in the pool and won the first quarter - it was a pool of friends and family so even if you didn't win, you didn't feel so bad because whoever got the lucky square was someone you know and love.

I didn't win a dime and I was all right with it.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

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