What's A Superbowl?

I think this bowl is pretty SUPER. A crystal bowl I won in sailboat racing quite a few years ago.

Today is a big event in US culture. It is Superbowl Sunday! An epic battle between the top two professional football teams. This year the two teams are the New York Giants and the New England Patriots. Obviously two East Coast teams. It was interesting, this morning at church, the pastor ask who wanted the Giants to win. About a dozen people put up there hands and cheered. Then the pastor ask who was rooting for the Patriots. Again, about a dozen people responded. Brad C showed his support for the team he wanted to win by wearing a Patriot's jersey with Tom Brady's number. Then pastor ask who did not care. The rest of the congregation cheered! I think most people look at the day as a chance to have a party.

I did not have any Superbowl Party to go to, so I decided to go for a good bicycle ride. We have been experiencing warm, sunny, late Winter weather. So instead of watching the pregame show that started at noon. I rode north to Keyport, south on Central Valley Road,  east on Paulson Road to Brownsville where I stopped at the Marina and kibitzed with some of my sailing acquaintances. By the time I got home I had logged 22 miles and was home just as the game was starting.

And just to prove that I am not a total un-American heathen, I fired up the big screen and surround sound(with the sound set to "Super Stadium") in the home theater and am watching the game. The game has been good up to halftime and the commercials have been funny. The halftime with Madonna has just started.

I may have to leave and start dinner soon. Since the weather is so nice, I am going to grill marinated chicken breasts and red potato's. Go Patriots!

Reserved bicycle parking at the boat.