How do you spell DYNASTY?

Another year, another title. When I look back on the things that have worked out the best for me in the long run, one of those things has got to be becoming a Pats fan back in 1996. I had many years to think about what it would be like if the Pats ever won a Super Bowl. I never ever expected that I would be sitting here less than a decade later pondering a third world championship. I think I've proved one thing through all of this:

"Teams that I root for become champions."

Look at my resume: The Red Sox have won the world series, Patriots have won 3 Super Bowls since 2001, I've seen Northern win a hockey national championship, and the Avalanche have won 2 Stanley Cups (my boy Patrick Roy has 3 since I became a hockey fan.) To a lesser degree (because I am more a fan of the sports themselves rather than any one team) I've seen the Pistons win an NBA title and Michigan win a college football national championship. Not a bad life.

This is the first Super Bowl I can remember that I have not been at a gathering of friends to watch it. Ashley and I took in the pizza and wings buffet at The Bar on Lynndale (which was awesome), but there just seems to be something missing when you don't have your boys around. I did recieve several calls from Marquette, Hoguhton, Rapid River and Seattle immediately after the game was over with well wishes. That was pretty cool.

Three huge disappointments from the weekend: The Super Bowl Commercials, Super Bowl halftime show and Saturday's SNL with Paris Hilton hosting. The commercials were just plain uninspired, they got Paul McCartney for the halftime show (which was an excellent choice...in 1975) and Paris showed once again that she is absolutely devoid of any acting skill that doesn't include amateur porn. This episode of SNL is perhaps the worst one in the history of the franchise. The musical guest was Keane. Yeah, I've never heard of them either.

I'm finished,
Nate