death and taxes

If you know me, you probably realize that I don’t gain much comfort from religion. I’m too much of a cynic, apparently.

This weekend we went to the funeral for my brother-in-law. I really didn’t know him, I met him at my wedding and perhaps saw him a couple other times. He left home when my wife was very young (high chair? I think) and never came back.

So, naturally, my wife said the eulogy. She’s great. She’s going to do my eulogy, because she’ll make me sound so much better than I really am. Maybe make somebody smile or something. Anyway, where was I?

Oh, yeah, we went to the funeral. Of course, funerals are mostly for the people left behind. Nice things were said. The priest explained how it was OK with God that he had followed his own path and questioned everything, how he had turned his back on his firstborn as well as his nine brothers and sisters and parents. Okay, he didn’t say all that, but isn’t that what he meant? You’re dead now, so God forgives you and welcomes you into heaven, because the people you left behind forty years ago all got together and paid for a box and spent some time praying for you.

I told you I was a cynic. You didn’t believe me?

Well, I don’t find much comfort in any of this, and I think that’s a problem, because I’m supposed to. I guess I need to sort it all out before I get hit by a bus or something.

I found this amusing though.

Oh, and my kids decided that Jesus probably got the first Playstation 3, and didn’t even have to wait in line, since his dad has connections in high places.

Buy our Super crap, please

Okay, others will do this topic justice (in fact, Busy Mom liveblogged the commercials, go see her for all of them and their times and stuff) but I gotta say a couple things about the Super Ads this year.

  1. The [tag]suicidal robot[/tag] from GM? That’s just wrong. He dropped. a. screw. GM wants us to think they would fire somebody for that? C’mon, I’ve owned GM cars that totally screwed me. A missing screw might have helped a bit. My kids were watching with their mouths dropped to the floor, they couldn’t believe it when he jumped off the bridge. (C’mon, GM, have you not seen “Robots” or “Cars?” These things are more real to kids than regular people actors are. Have a heart)
  2. Ford, some kind of “super duty” thing that’s ‘Coming Soon.’ Uh, yeah, hopefully that’ll be “before they file bankruptcy.”
  3. Bud Light ads made me chuckle. They should just buy all the ad time at the super bowl, better than 80% of the rest
  4. Am I the only one that thought [tag]K-Fed[/tag] looked kinda hott working the fry station? Really? Well, ok then.
  5. As always, way too many ads for crime shows designed “for a mature audience.” My three year old now wants a career in forensic psychology. My nine year old thinks it’d be cool to set off bombs in Miami. Thanks again, Network.
  6. Coke decided to show the ads they’ve been showing for a year or so at my multi-plex. They look much, much better on the TV screen than at the movies. (that’s a hint, [tag]cokeheads[/tag]). If you give a little love, it all comes back to you.

As for the game?

Meh.

I wanted Chicago to win, I guess, but guess what: you gotta do better than four first downs a half to win the Super Bowl. And both teams fumbled like little kids (our pee wee league has better ball control). Here was my favorite bit:

Announcer: “well, losing the coin toss might be good luck for the Colts, so they can settle down before going on offense.”

Kicker: kicks.

Return dude: Touchdown!

Of course, that was pretty much the highlight for Chicago last night, things went to shit after that.