Author: Greg

For all you non Americans who didn’t have the “joy” of seeing those oh-so special Super Bowl adverts, fret not, for they are online. But be warned, most of them sucked ass…

Only a select few were halfway decent

1. Ameriquest – Cat Killer
   This one was just laugh out loud funny, probably the best one of the night, it featued a guy cooking a surprise meal and a white cat knocks over a saucepan of red soup (or some red liquid) onto the floor and jumps in it, so he picks it up as his significant other walks seeing him with red liquid on the floor, the cat in one hand covered in red liquid and a breadknife in the other. Funny stuff, though, I’m not doing it any justice…
2. Diet Pepsi – P. Diddy Truck Trend
   This one featured P. Diddy getting stranded on his way to an award show, only to catch a ride with a Pepsi delivery truck. Of course, P. Diddy arriving in a Pepsi truck made it “cool” and suddenly everyone was driving around town in a Pepsi truck, including Carson Daly who jacked his up with HUGE tires. Not only was the commercial funny and easy to understand, it further pushed Pepsi’s main branding focus, that it is “cool” to drink.
3. FexEx Kinkos – Dancing Burt
   Commercial played off of “standard” elements used in past Super Bowl commercials, a celebrity (Burt Reynolds), an animal (a bear), attractive females, dancing, etc. Didn’t really get across any actual company related elements, but an entertaining and funny commercial.
4. Bud Light – Parachuting
   Another funny concept, a guy parachuting but at the last minute, he refuses to jump, so the instructor throws out a 6 pack of Bud Light so he’ll jump after it, but the pilot does instead, leaving the jumper and instructor looking on.
5. Ford Mustang – Frozen in Fargo
   We liked this one as we love the movie Fargo (yah, you betcha!) and it’s a funny take on releasing a convertable car in the middle of winter.

There were a lot of huge disappointments like MBNA’s “Gladys Knight playing rugby,” Bubblicious’ “LeBron James Blows One” and GoDaddy’s “Strapless.” Super Bowl adverts ain’t what they used to be…

New England Patriots beat the Philadelphia Eagles 24-21 to win Super Bowl XXXIX.

And for once it didn’t go down to the last kick of the game… Even if there was a bit of a holy shit moment with the Eagles final touchdown. It was a pretty enjoyable match, a bit slow in the first half, but once things got going, it was exciting til the last play.

So the Patriots are a dynasty now, but can they make it 4 out of 5 next year in Detroit?

It’s that time of week again, albeit a day late… Same deal as always, put your entire music playlist on random, and post the first ten songs your music player comes up with.

1. “Jackson Cannery” by Ben Folds Five, taken from the cd “Ben Folds Five.”
2. “Cloudy Sky” by The Cardigans, taken from the cd “Emmerdale.”
3. “Distant Lover (Live)” by Marvin Gaye, taken from the cd “The Very Best of Marvin Gaye.”
4. “Everything” by Shihad, taken from the cd “Pacifier.”Note: No link as it’s not available on the US or UK iTMS.
5. “Dilemma” by Nelly & Kelly Rowland, taken from the cd “Nellyville.”
6. “No Cure For Cancer” by Denis Leary, taken from the cd “No Cure For Cancer.”
7. “Kite” by U2, taken from the cd “All That You Can’t Leave Behind.”
8. “Here Comes Your Man” by Pixies, taken from the cd “Doolittle.”
9. “You Don’t Know My Name” by Alicia Keys, taken from the cd “The Diary of Alicia Keys.”
10. “Born Too Slow” by The Crystal Method, taken from the cd “Legion of Boom.”

And now… Time for the Super Bowl pre-pre-pre-game show build-up!

Dear Gmail,

I tried to register every combination of my name today using my copious amounts of spare invites you have bestowed upon me, but, alas, I found that they were already taken.

So instead, I’m just going to give them away to anyone and everyone… Want a gmail account, drop a comment below… Simple, ain’t it.

Or should I turn it into 50gb of free storage using the Gmail Drive Shell Extension… Decisions, decisions…