Inexcusable

I can't believe we lost to this jackass. At home. Inexcusable. And this was sent to the students before the game:

I know this is HUGE game, especially in light of events of the past month and a half regarding Ole Miss's Coach Kennedy. I know many of you who will be attending the game have elaborate signs planned for Coach Kennedy and possibly even his family. The SEC has requested that no signs defaming Coach Kennedy or his family be allowed. The MSU athletic department will support the SEC's request.
... Let Saturday show that class. No one is saying not to bring signs or get crazy. That is what the HUMP is all about, but leave the Kennedy's out of it.

The arrests and lawsuits are public record, you couldn't possibly MAKE anything up that could be worse. What a bunch of sniveling wimps. Classiest losers in the league.

R.I.P. Super Bowl Ads

(1984-2009. Survivors include viral online ads, appeal of Mad Men.) It appears that the once fertile ground of creative, expensive, entertaining Super Bowl ads is a thing of the past. I remember back in High School, Channel 1 previewed the ads for us lucky kids. Turns out it was just Pepsi trying way too hard to convince us they were cool (some things never change). You wouldn't think Americans would need snappy reminders to buy as much watery domestic pilsner as they can stomach, but ad history says otherwise. You know things are bad when the star of the evening is a spot for a scammy gold-exchange service whose normal ads pollute my DirecTV with a production value somewhere between "standard infomercial" and "public access". I also enjoyed the slapped Koala, and I'm not entirely sure why, even though all that ad did was start up a conversation on how horrible job search sites are for actually finding jobs. Hopefully this will mean no more instances of being shushed during the commercials (yes, this actually happened at a party once. Emphasis on once).