Super Bowl weekend is here and that means an unofficial holiday. Ultimately, it doesn't matter which team wins or loses (unless you are a fan of one team or really dislike one of them) and many people will just be pulling for a good game. Some people who will watch the game won't even know who is playing until kickoff. This doesn't matter to them because it is another excuse to get together and eat lots of food and drink lots of beverages.

Aside from the game itself, it is an interesting day. A whole mess of people converge on a city to live it up and possibly cause mass destruction of the surrounding area if their team wins. This destruction is also likely in the home city of the victor. And since the Oakland Raiders and their fans are heading to San Diego, I'll be looking for the giant cloud of smoke pouring out of the southern part of the state. I'm sure we'll all miss hearing from Stephen.

The story that this is the largest day of consumption for guacamole is not true. It is at least the second largest behind Cinco de Mayo. Some numbers I've heard place it third behind Memorial Day as well. This seems odd only because I don't envision Indy 500 watchers dipping their chips in guac. At least avocados are more in season by May. And other sources claim that the East Coast (U.S.) avocados don't even compare to what you get in the western states and aren't worth converting into guacamole. Too stringy or something.

In Georgia, alcohol isn't sold on Sundays. This isn't unusual. But the legislature passed a law allowing alcohol to be sold one Sunday a year and it is coming up this weekend. I'm not sure if other Alcohol-Sales-Free-Sunday states have done the same but you still would need to go to eight stores to get your margarita supplies.

If you aren't interested in the game, I'm guessing the movies would be a good alternative. No crowds. I have a feeling the malls will be busy with people thinking the same thing and all converging at once to avoid the masses. Sweet irony.

And, of course, if you want to watch the Super Bowl and don't care about the game, you can be completely entertained by the commercials. I enjoy laughing at the imaginative commercials for products I will never need or refuse to buy. Budweiser and Pepsi almost always supply the best commercials going. You can also count on a highly entertaining commercial or two from some company that nobody has ever heard of that people will talk about for years. Of course we will fail to recall who actually paid for the 30 seconds of ad time with their first born child, all their personal freedoms and a kidney or two. Who remembers the cat herders? Now tell me who put that in the rotation. Although they weren't the first to make a great Super Bowl commercial, you can thank Apple Computers for the rise of mid-football entertainment. For those who can't miss the game or the commercials, I hope your bladder can make it until halftime.

Finally, for you betting people, here is my pick: The team with a pirate for a mascot will win.

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