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Sunday : 05 February 2006
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Yesterday was a “be lazy and sleep in” day. It was nice. came over and we headed to her grandparents’ house to see her father and brother off. While there, we watched the UConn-Indiana game. UConn won, thankfully. (Sorry, my inner Boilermaker’s favorite teams are Purdue… and whomever’s playing Indiana.) From there, it was on to get an eye exam. The doctor said that my eyes looked good and healthy; this was a good thing. I ordered a couple of boxes of Passive Optical Enhancers (colloquially referred to as “contact lenses”) and we were on our way.

Next stop: We dropped in to see Perry, Kate and the boys. Kate headed to work, Perry and I talked geek and played with the kids. Perry hooked me up with a custom ‘Clix of the Martian Manhunter, so I now have ‘Clix for the roster of the animated Justice League, before they went “Unlimited.” This makes my inner geek smile broadly. While in the neighborhood, we stopped at Colosimo’s and picked up bratwurst for Sunday’s Super Bowl party.

There were a few more party-related errands, a little down time and then it was on to breakfast. Small gathering, good times. We sat next to a large group whom we think was related to the Impact group that’s there from time to time. Someone in that group apparently ate something foul a few hours before because they kept letting go with a few rather raunchy “one-cheek sneaks.” Foul. Rank. Just plain “bad.”

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Woke up this morning. Armed myself with a frozen mocha and finished up some around-the-house pre-party cleaning. People came over. The grill was fired up. The beverages – leaded and unleaded – were poured. Life was good. Everyone seemed to have a good time.

Super Bowl XL
Pittsburgh vs. Seattle
21 – 10

Congratulations to the Pittsburgh Steelers on their win over the Seahawks. Yes, there were some botched calls in the game. Yes, there were some fouls that the refs didn’t catch. But, the bottom line is: The Steelers are the latest team to hoist the Vince Lombardi Trophy as victors. And I bet that some of them are even going to Disneyland or Walt Disney World. And what happened to Mike Holmgren, the Seahawks’ head coach, after the game? Steelers coach Bill Cowher went to mid-field for the traditional post-game handshake… and Holmgren was nowhere to be seen? In fact, I believe that I saw Cowher ask: “Where’s Holmgren?” as he looked around; he seemed a bit disappointed that Holmgren wasn’t there. I don’t know if Holmgren’s non-appearance was intended as a snub to Bill Cowher (which I would hope was not the case) or a reaction to some of the calls made by the refs, but whatever the reason, it was just bad form to not even show up to congratulate the winning team.