Change of Pace

In an effort to have a wide range of material on this thing, I'll start posting video game news as well. But not yet. First I must gush about how wonderful "Gears of War" for the Xbox 360 is. I got it off eBay the other day for $20 and it is probably the most fun game I've played since Halo. There's something to be said for rushing up to a drooling, snarling locust monster and slicing through him with a chainsaw...

America's Anchors

I don't really have anything new, so enjoy this Rolling Stone piece written by Maureen Dowd of the New York Times. It's several months old, but it makes me laugh:

Stewart/Colbert Ultimateness

Super Bowl Recap

Super Bowl Sunday is most certainly one of the best days of the year. It's one of those times where you feel like you're watching the same thing that every other person in America is watching, and the day after it's the only thing people talk about at the office, in school, on the news, and so on. I was a little skeptical of CBS having the super bowl coverage this year, because I'm a fan of FOX's NFL coverage, but CBS did pretty well. The only things that took away from the broadcast a little bit was CBS advertising its own shit constantly, and Phil Simms acting like a dumbass (my favorite comment of his was when he made some obvious observation about the Colts trying to win), and the CBS camera guys had a problem with not cleaning their dang camera lenses off since it was raining so hard. They couldn't have asked for a better game though in my opinion. The first quarter was amazing and it was a relatively close game up until the last 10 or so minutes. At one point my friends and I started up a chant: "Brian Griese! *clap clap clap clap clap* Brian Griese! since Bears QB Rex Grossman was making some really stupid decisions.

Anyhoo, the commericals were pretty great as well; my favorites were the CareerBuilder.com and Coke ads. The halftime show was also very good, Prince rocked the joint. I kinda wanted him to play 1999 but playing Purple Rain in a South Beach rainstorm seemed way more appropriate. I was perplexed by a report I saw on the news this evening that when Prince was riffing on his guitar behind that giant flapping screen, that it was meant to be a giant condom and that part of his "male/female" symbol guitar that curves outward, when silhouetted, looked like a penis!? WTF!? Some people read into this stuff waaaay too much! I'll post the story as soon as I find it. In the meantime:

Watch the Super Bowl Ads!
Prince being ultimate
ESPN SB XLI Central

*One more thing: What the heck was with the Colts fans? Not only were there like none of them there, but they weren't loud, not even when their team won!

Party in the City where the Heat is On...

I feel like I should post something Super Bowl-related, so here's a fun column that was put up on ESPN today by Bill Simmons:

We're Still in America, Right?

It's really annoying as I've been watching all of ESPN's festivities down in Miami this week. Each time they come back from commercial, they have like a blimp camera or something right over South Beach, and the water is as blue as the sky, with gentle surf washing up onto the whitest beach inside these contiguous United States. And it pisses me off! Why? Because I wish I was down there right this instant! Screw 9 degree weather on this the second day of February, I want 80 degree South Florida humidity dammit!

Prediction: Colts 28, Bears 23

It Begins Once Again

After a long hiatus (blame it on a disappointing end to Michigan's football season), I've decided to once again resume my blogging goodness.

To make this returning post short and sweet, I've included links to my most recent Michigan Daily editorials:

Woodward's Wisdom

Worth Fighting For

You're Getting Warmer

Reading Between the Lines