I attended a Super Bowl party this year and jotted some notes on a napkin. There is nothing especially original or perceptive about the game or the sport of football to be found on my napkin, but it would be unusual for any blogger working out of the US and with a Y chromosome not to mention the Super Bowl. So ... the below italicized material in all its pointless immediacy consists of the notes I took at the time. Enjoy. The usual pre-game hype was somewhat complicated this year by a Ray Lewis substance abuse controversy. An early Audi commercial drew a big response. It had a senior prom, kiss-the-Prom-Queen theme. By the end of the first half, it looked like the Ravens were running away with the game. They were up 21 to 6. Then they scored quickly at the start of the second half, a more-than-100 yard run on a kickoff return, to make that 28 to 6. Even worse. The standout ad in the third quarter was Century 21's, "My groom is not crazy about moving in with my mo...