Hated most of the non-movie commercials this year, except the NFL one with the TV characters (oh, and the car that checks your Facebook feed). But this is really the only commentary I can offer about the Super Bowl.

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I'm getting far too big a kick out of "Jane Austen at the Super Bowl" Tweets.

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It is a truth universally acknowledged, a single man in possession of the pigskin must be in want of a touchdown.

I have literally been searching for this online periodically for several years now, since before there was a YouTube, in fact. And now some awesome soul has uploaded it. I'd better capture it soon, before it gets taken down ( Read more... )

MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS, FOR THE WIN!

My alma mater has been a kind of running joke in the college football world, but they just won the Gator Bowl after unleashing a huge can of whupass (52-14) on the Michigan Wolverines.

So proud to be a Bulldog right now. GO STATE!

I haven't been to see a romantic comedy in a while. Most of them are just not that interesting, with a few glaring exceptions. But Fever Pitch is genuinely good. For one thing, it doesn't fall into the trite "will-they-or-won't-they" formula. The two characters get together early on, and the film explores their relationship from there. Another ( Read more... )

Way to go Titans, who won 27-12 over the Saints ( Read more... )

A wonderful church service - as usual - this morning, with several new additions. Sharron (our organist) did an awesome postlude that got a round of applause at the end ( Read more... )