So the Patriots won the Super Bowl. Sweet game and all that, my man Vinatieri hits the game-winner as the clock ran out (the SECOND time he’s won a Super Bowl with a late, long field goal, which pretty much deifies him up here in Boston). Comebacks, lead changes, this year’s game had it all. I was pounding the empty chair next to me when the Panthers tied it back up with a minute to go, which was probably the reaction that the head of the FCC had when he saw Janet Jackson’s “borg-enhanced” breast (Not Safe For Work, as you’d imagine). What do you think, “Breast Super Bowl Ever” or “The Wha?! Ta Ta Brou-Ha-Ha”?After the game, we headed down to Kenmore Square, one of the unofficial “Come here and party when Boston sports teams win” areas in town (also see Harvard Square, Scollay Square, Symphony). Lots of bonfires and drunks and breasts - as an aside, my theory that mediocre-looking girls with good breasts are the most likely to expose, followed by ugly girls with big breasts, was confirmed - plus worried Po everywhere. Eyal met me down there, too. Good times. I hung with some kids from school, brought my football and replayed the highlights of the game with some sweet catches in the middle of the now-carless Commonwealth Ave. (5 lanes + a subway normally). Anyway, as we’re leaving, a drunk from Tufts took my football and took off running. Bastard! He was a big mofo but not very fast, so me and Eyal found him. Following events as they took place. Me: “Yo, gimme my football, man.” Him (drunk, chuckling, with like 5 other big-ass Tufts football-playing dudes): “I found it on the ground.” Me (pissed cuz I don’t like people taking my shit): “No. Give It.” Him: “No.” I get shoved from behind and by the dude from the front. I shove back. I rip the football out of the guy’s hands and Eyal gets it a few seconds later. I get popped in the face.

Yeah, that’s a black eye today like no other. But who got his football back? Me. Here’s the part that really pisses me off, though. There was a full brigade of cops no more than 15-20 feet away - at least 20 Po. So, seeing as they watched a guy take off with my stuff then hit me, I walked over to one of the officers and asked if he’d seen what happened. He said Yes, but they can’t deal with that because of crowd control. Mind you, these bastards are standing around doing nothing - the riot was relatively lowkey, nothing but bonfires (in the middle of the street, with drunks running through them, but still only bonfires). To recap - Someone stole my stuff and hit me in the face while cops watched and did nothing. That’s, as they say here, wicked fackin’ retahded.

Here’s the best part - these guys had stolen stuff from one of Eyal’s suitemates earlier this year and Eyal’s suitemates went to their dorm and busted up their TV. So now they’re gonna go back and get me a little revenge. Take that, you nancyboy bastards.

So democratic primaries: Kerry did very well, Edwards and Clark are still in it and Dean got *raped*. Dean spent 40 million dollars, and 9 primaries into the race, he has won zero states and finished second in only one of those states. For comparison, Wes Clark, considered an outside shot, has 3 second places and 1 win. Edwards has 4 and 1. If Dean doesn’t win next week, he’s done. So what happened to Dean, the favorite only a month ago? Basically, he’s retarded. As an example, here’s Dean saying, and I quote, that “the standard of living in Iraq is a whole lot worse” after the war then before the war. Look, there are reasons to be against the war, but this is not even close to one of them. Christ on a bike, what a gomer.

Speaking about big trouble, Bush is the one in big trouble right now. Polls show him slipping among independents to the point where he might be the *underdog* in the next election. Admittedly, his behind-the-scenes mastermind Karl Rove hasn’t opened up the “Democrats, you lose now” arsenal of advertising that will come out later this year, but still Bush is in trouble because he’s antagonized his moderate base with somewhat reckless spending policies and a penchant for stretching the truth.

Here’s the prime example: 9/11 happened completely under the nose of US Intelligence and the errors in Iraq intelligence caused us to lose face to a lot of the world. I don’t see this as Bush lying, since the rest of the world’s intelligence outfits were fooled, but how can two such devastating intelligence failures occur and NO ONE BE FIRED?! Are you kidding me? If I was President, I’d have remade the entire US Intelligence services. The weakness of our intelligence has now been exumed for the world to see, similar to the weakness of our military structure during the Vietnam War. If we’re going to be a proactive world leader, we need accurate intelligence. It boggles my mind that we’re not having intelligence reviews like none other seen in US History.

Index fund investing is probably the way to go for individuals making money, but Slate argues it’s an essentially immoral tragedy-of-the-commons problem.

Check out this short movie Farm Sluts. Hilarious in an Office Space sorta way, and only 17 minutes long. Of actual movies I’ve seen recently, Gattaca and Spellbound are still great, Bend It Like Beckham is pretty good and not just Kiera Knightley is in it (she’s a bit too skinny in this movie, I’m afraid, though you can’t say no to soccer chicks), and Groove is so-so.

A Joebituary for Lieberman. He went Joewhere this weekend. Joe for seven. Too much Joeverconfidence.

Hey, I get to apply to grad school this week. I’m applying to be able to do a Masters degree while I’m still at BU (in Economics) so I have to fill out all the teacher recommendations and forms and essays just like normal. Good stuff, and luckily a prof I had for two semesters is in charge of Masters program admissions. Sweet! Normally, graduate schools, I’ve found out, are retarded when it comes to admissions. It’s basically a crapshoot. There’s a guy who’s basically the best known debater in the history of our circuit; he graduated a couple years ago, but his name still inevitably comes up at every tournament. He also had a 4.0 at Yale and a perfect score on the LSAT, as well as a degree in PoliSci. He really wanted to go to Yale Law (the top law school in the country), but was denied. Strange, huh? I honestly can’t think of any way you can be more qualified to study law than this kid, but what can ya do?

Ok, back to the grind. ‘Bron got screwed for the All-Star game, huh?

Prime Cuts

“Red Dot” by DJ Green Lantern ft/ Wyclef & Sleek Louch
“Red dot dot dot Red dot dot dot” - hot new mixtape single from the Haitian sensation. If you’re down with mixtape rap, check out “Public Service Announcement (DJ Danger Mouse Cut)” by Jay-Z, where the HOVA drops some sweet flow. “A Bao A Qu” by the Syzygys is a cool, MidEast sounding instrumental rock song.“Voice of an Angel” by Matt Darey ft/ Marcella Woods
Matt Darey makes good vocal trance; “This Will Be (Voodoo & Serano Mix)” by Pascal ft/ Karen Perry is good vocal trance too. “Heaven Scent” by John Digweed is good classic trance.