This Side of Lost

Watching the Super Bowl ads yesterday reminded me of one of my favorites of all time. Samantha and I learned that ads is not enough to keep one's attention during the game. We went to Yogi's because we were feeling antisocial, and ended up leaving at halftime because we were bored. Did I miss any good ones after we left?

Strat-O-Matic is just as much fun as I thought it would be. There's actually quite a learning curve, depending on what level you play it at -- Basic, Advanced or the excellently-named Super Advanced. This also leads to such great lines as, "Okay, Torii Hunter just hit a liner to second. Consult the Super Advanced Fielding Chart to see if Todd Walker can get it."

If you're curious, the Cubs beat the Twins 2-1. Johan Santana and Mark Prior pitched great games, except for the solo homer that Santana gave up to Corey Patterson in the 7th. The Twins tied it up in the eighth thanks to a successful hit-and-run by Lew Ford and a sac fly by Michael Cuddyer that scored Corey Koskie from third (beating a throw to the plate). But J.C. Romero couldn't keep the Cubbies down, and LaTroy Hawkins shut us down for the save. Oh, the irony.

Anyway. I'm totally pumped to play more of this. Davin has the 2004 cards -- which is fine by me, since the Twins were better that year than last year... anyone else interested?

Samantha had a pretty successful tournament on Saturday, both personally and as captain of the four member women's epee team. We are looking forward to both being home this Saturday, though.