Re: The First Holiday in February

You forgot Groundhog Day.

Jerri wrote:
> Super Bowl Sunday is drawing nigh. I have stocked up on Diet Coke and
> potato chips and frozen pizza. It is impossible to eat healthy on
> Super Bowl Sunday. That's actually all I know about the holiday, being
> not a practitioner of the Extreme Football Religion. I understand that
> some folks celebrate with chili and/or clam chowder ... and beer.
> Beer, I think, is very im****tant to the truly devoted, as is a large-
> screen television.
> There were "individual cakes" for sale at the supermarket today ...
> with small footballs embedded in the icing. I did not fall for this
> crassly commercial offering in the bakery department. I almost went
> for the football-themed frosted cookies.
> I may curl up on the couch and listen to all the director's
> commentaries of all three volumes of Lord of the Rings. Of course,
> putting any one of those directors commentaries on the DVD player is
> going to put me right to sleep. Peter Jackson's giggles have lulled me
> into many nights of sleep when I was having a previously sleepless
> night. I bless Peter Jackson and his giggles.
> Did I mention we're due to get 3 - 5" of new snow tomorrow ... on top
> of the snow we got yesterday? There is no joy in Mudville.
> Jerri