Gaming

After a long pause... here is a fun link. Which NetHack monster are you? I am an avid fan of the game NetHack, and I registered as a Trapper.

Heather just came across the preview of the video game "24" (username "preview", password "C3%qt24"). It looks very cool. Given that "24" is currently our favorite TV show - our DVR is chock full of the majority of the season - I think we'll need to be getting this ASAP.

• We've got DVR baby! We waited until Adelphia had a unit for our area, and now here it is. We went to the Adelphia place Friday night, and they said that they had been out of them since 12:30 that afternoon. They said we'd have to be there first thing in the morning to get one of the ones just then getting off the truck. I was there 8 am Saturday morning, and was first in line to get one! So far, we're really excited, and the Super Bowl is the first place we are using it.
  
• I am somewhat shocked that John Fogerty is singing. Before the moving tribute to The Greatest Generation in the pregame, that preceding a beautiful National Anthem, we got to hear Fortunate Son. I am too young to remember the Vietnam War, so that song is really the only way for me to see exactly how poisonous the mentality of the anti-war movement was.
  
• The GoDaddy commercial kind of sucked, and the FedEx commercial featuring Burt Reynolds getting kicked in the groin (the commercial courtesy of Hans Moleman) was pretty bad, I thought.
  
• How many times do they need to show the Ford frozen-man-in-convertible commercial?
  
• The Anheuser-Busch commercial where people applaud soldiers as they pass through a civilian airport was possibly the most moving one yet.
  
• The best team won. Boston's ground game was very impressive, and with both teams defenses being able to stop the passing game, I believe it was the key to victory for the Patriots. It was a very enjoyable game to watch.

Update: Michelle Malkin blogs the reaction to the Anheuser-Busch ad.