Super Monday ...

Congratulations Green Bay Packers! I said I'd root for you and look at you ... you go and win the super bowl! I'm not gonna lie though, I was just as interested in the commercials too. Hands down, the winner in my book was the Volkswagen Passat commercial titled "The Force." Watch it here. I thought it was brilliant because it was cute and funny, plus could draw men, women, kids, Star Wars fans, and grandparents alike. I think when something can have that kind of pull and be tasteful it's far more brilliant than anything that has to resort to "shock value." It just is.

Oh and if you get my tweets you know that I was feeling like a champ myself yesterday with my Sierra Nevada and ice cream "snack"wiches. What is it about the super bowl that gives us such a gluttonous hall pass?

I hope everyone had a fun weekend and I want to give a huge "welcome" to all the new Happenstance readers!

I Had No Idea! ...

All sorts of "yes" to this photo.

A week or so ago I confessed to Brandi that growing up I was never into the fairytale thing as I was into Star Wars and my lightsaber. I had almost every action figure plus the Darth Vader carrying case that was shaped as his upper torso and opened up from the top of his head. It was pretty amazing. So you can imagine my surprise when I learned that this past Wednesday, May 4th was Star Wars Day! Why May 4th you ask? Because of the similarity of this date with the beginning of "May the force by with you." Thereby turning it into, "May the 4th be with you." Really?! A whole day dedicated to Star Wars and a pun/lisp combo? My fave.

Photo: Here