Random thoughts on a random night....

OK so what's all the hubbub about this Super Bowl commercial starring Tim Tebow? The Heisman winning football star is to do a spot for a pro-life group and it has people foaming at the mouth calling for it to banned. Anybody else see the irony here? Our kids are allowed to be subjected to commercials for male fertility, but if we dare tell them of the consequences it's not? "Hey dad, what does erection mean?" And this from the event that brought us Janet Jackson's nipple. Grab the remote, and turn the channel or hit the mute button if you don't agree with it.

So we had to pick up my son from school today. The dreaded "flu" has breached the castle walls of our home and invaded the 5 year running barf-free zone. Now one can only live in the basement for so long, so eventually I will have to enter the germ area upstairs and face the fact that I could get it too. The poor lad is more upset that he will miss a basketball game tomorrow, leaving the team short, than he is about being sick. Turns out they gave it to each other, and the team is down to seven healthy bodies at last text message count. And? He didn't get the shot. Too busy with, um, basketball.

A new book out, Game Change, has cast former prez Bill Clinton in a rather unfavorable light. Remember when Ted Kennedy threw his support to Obama instead of the Hill in 2008 rather suddenly? The author claims that Kennedy was deeply offended by remarks made about Obama. ... But Bill then went on, belittling Obama in a manner that deeply offended Kennedy....Teddy fumed that Clinton had said, "A few years ago, this guy would have been getting us coffee". It seems those Clintons just can't stop making headlines. Something tells me there will be more to come.

Why is it that every time I want to watch something, just when I get settled in the DVR tells me that 2 recorded programs are about to collide and boot me off my station? We ARE that commercial where the whole family are standing in their living room aiming their remotes at each other like phasers from Star Trek. Only with us, it's not Happy Pony. It's always House, Nip Tuck, Melrose Place, Desperate Housewives, some Kate Jackson Movie on Lifetime from 1987, or Hannah Montana, Wizards of Waverly Place, Finneas and Ferb, Suite Life on Deck, not to mention Americas Best Dance Crew, Ace of Cakes, and Silent Library plus dozens I can't even remember. I just want to watch every Bears, Bulls, Blackhawks, and Cubs game on TV, not to mention playoffs for every sport, plus the occasional Tennis or Golf Championship, and.... Yea I guess we are addicted to TV.