Hi all. I had some meetings on the internet with AAron (omnibox) and while we did not discuss the matter I thought to myself that Rub Paw Press ought to engage some Mainstream Popular Events in culture or whatever. In this spirit, we will be blogging the Superbowl, AAron from his friend’s house in West Seattle and me alone in my room.
I was originally going to be TOO COOL and say something like, “I don’t even know who is playing this year I’m so over this”, but instead I decided to do a search. I found out many things:
Facts About the Superbowl
1. This year’s contenders are the New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts. They are playing on Sunday, February 7, 2010 – 6:25pm ET on CBS.
2. The Superbowl is known for expensive / groundbreaking / transcendent commercials.
3. The Louisiana Superdome has hosted the lion’s share of Superbowls.
4. Punk/Powerpop group Home Blitz have a vaguely Football Related Sounding name.
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[Home Blitz - Is Anybody There?]
5. I recall developing a deep emotional investment over the course of Superbowl XLII (New York Giants vs New England Patriots). I think this is because everyone expected the Giants to get ‘pwnd’. I think it’s also because the Patriots got caught cheating that season or something.
6. Superbowl-related wing consumption accounts for 5% of yearly wing consumption, um, somewhere.
6.1. There is an iPhone app designed to help you find the nearest wing place. It’s called KLUCKR.
7. The Superbowl is a useful node for the aggregation of useless facts / stats (via ‘by the numbers’ articles). Glad we can be part of it.
