Daily Archives: 5 February, 2006

super bowl ads: at the half

Thus far: Great: Bud Light’s “Magic Fridge” Disney’s “I’m Going To Disneyland” Good: Dove’s “Self Esteem Fund” Bud Light’s “Office Scavenger Hunt” Ford’s “Bein’ Green” Sprint’s “Crime Deterrent” United’s “A Child’s Dream” Toyota’s “For Your Future” Awful: Cadillac’s “Escalade on the Runway” Seriously, the Cadillac ad is indicative of everything that’s wrong with U.S. automakers:

when parody outdoes reality

Just watched the singing of the national anthem at the Super Bowl, and I had to laugh: Horatio Sanz nailed the delivery of Aaron Neville on last night’s episode of SNL. In fact, I’d almost argue that Sanz did Neville better than Neville did Neville.

workout log: 5 february 2006

Activity: road cycling Location: Washington, DC (Dupont Circle and Hains Point) Distance: 17.2 miles Duration: 1:09 Weather: mostly cloudy and windy, 42 degrees Avg HR: 148 (est.) Type: aerobic A nice afternoon ride, doing laps at Hains Point. The headwind on the backside of each lap was fierce: a steady 10-15 wind coming from the

cd playback 2006: day 10

A rainy Saturday – not what the weather punks were forecasting last night, that’s for sure. Oh, well – means we get some music listening today. We also finished the first “lap” of CD Playback 2006. S: Still On The Journey – Sweet Honey In The Rock T: Eye To The Telescope – KT Tunstall