It's the last day of finals for Purdue students, and most have finished up and perhaps even headed home for the winter. Squirrel week was once again a resounding success, so let's all take a break and relax.


source: bitsandpieces.us

-tim

Squirrel week is coming to a close, and yesterday's content was extremely helpful to get morale levels back up again. Let's turn on the afterburner while we're ahead and remember that everyone, even squirrels, need some help sometime.

Baby squirrel needs a little help

-tim
edit: p.s. I found high resolution versions of yesterday's chipmunk pictures along with some new ones!

OH THE HUMANITY!! Morale levels are at DANGEROUSLY low levels - there must have been a massive attack of crazy hard exams today... it's okay, just calm down, everyone probably did terrible and there will be a generous curve applied. Hooray for curves, and hooray for squirrel week! Yes, squirrel week has come to the rescue with a heavy dose of pictures - SEVEN. My favorite one is below, but the rest are not bad! VIEW GALLERY OF STAR WARS AND SQUIRRELS


Go my furry friend, scurry like the wind!

source: telegraph.co.uk

-tim

It's quite surprising how little morale has dropped today. This is perhaps due to the assumption that squirrel week would not be occurring but then its exciting late appearance this morning? I don't know, but it is great to see morale levels at this level on a Tuesday. Keep up the good work!

Someone else has been keeping up the good work in today's squirrel picture:


The question remains: who has kept up the good work? Is the squirrel merely an innocent bystander, or the cause of this mess? The squirrel appears to be wearing a ninja outfit, after all...

-tim

I'm behind posting this by several hours but REJOICE, for it is SQUIRREL WEEK! Helping raise morale of college students taking their final exams, squirrel week is a blossom of squirrel-related content.

The week starts off by reminding that the outdoors can be pleasant and fun, even in Canada. While winter in the Chicago area has been relatively nice so far, perchance it has been a winter of peril elsewhere.

Squirrel is surprise star of holiday photo

Melissa Brandts and her husband were surprised to find a squirrel posing with them in a photo taken on holiday. The couple had set the timer on their camera while posing at a lakeside in a national park in Canada. Just as they were about to be captured on camera the cheeky squirrel popped up in the foreground and stole the show.

source: telegraph.co.uk

-tim
edit: I really should add another new comic this year

Rachel spelled this the other day and I HAD to take a picture!!!

LOOK, WATCH...

-Sandi
PS- I did not know how to post a picture, maybe Tim can edit and post the picture.

If you have a guest, why not give the guest a nice place to stay?



-tim

12:34:56 7/8/9 occurs today if you write the day of the month before the month!!
-tim

Hooray! Oysters are Evil is now seven years old. I was in a bit of a scramble to have something today, so there's not much, but at least something. I hope to get some more content up in the near future. Until then, there is just a new creativity drawing today.
-tim

12:34:56 7/8/9 occurs today!!

-tim

After installing a new power supply unit in my computer, it is good as before the other power supply unit stopped working! I would like to get some new content up here within the next week. Happy July!

-tim
p.s. Thank you Joe for taking care of all of the server attack badness!

Hi All!

Unfortunately my hosting servers have been hacked. That was why oystersareevil.com was not working. Please stay away from the site till monday June 1st, 2009 while I get rid of the malicious code.

Thank You for Understanding!

Joe Humbert
joe [at] tripleeclipse.com

I stumbled upon (while intentionally searching for) a squirrel picture GOLD MINE this morning. For those of you college students with Friday and Saturday finals that unable to skip town when the luckier folk do, today's squirrel content is for you. Between yesterday's video and today's link, we have a morale-skyrocketing squirrel week. The numbers will be run on Monday.

Below is just a small sample of what awaits you. I like the one with the umbrella.

Horribly Photoshopped Squirrels

-tim

Yesterday's squirrel link had done a pretty good job of raising morale, I guess. It's time to bust out the big guns - an original video. I can't see the morale levels of the entire universe go anywhere but up once this baby hits the Internets. If there were a chart that showed morale levels over hundreds of years, there would be a huge spike in that graph, and that spike would be labeled as "Squirrel Week Spring 2009: Day 5 at oystersareevil.com" and maybe there would be a few smaller spikes for various other insignificant reasons like discovering the cure for a disease.



If you must be spoiled, it is a video of squirrels attempting to jump from a tree to a bird feeder, and it is awesome. The video was recorded by Sandi's mother-in-law. Thanks!

-tim

Today's squirrel content is notable because I heard about it on the radio while driving my car. I was on I-88 (the Ronald Reagan memorial tollway) and had become so enthralled by it, that I nearly neglected to hold up my iPass in time. So close!

This site will give you plenty of squirrel pictures and information to last at least two days. At least! Let's all give a big thank you to ProjectSquirrel.org!

-tim

Morale is on the decline as we push into the depths of finals week. Hang in there, everyone! Maybe a healthy dose of squirrel will cure what ails ye!

Remember, a just healthy dose. This much might be quite a bit beyond that. Try not to get any ideas. Watch the video for interview!

-tim

Not much has happened yet in the world of final exams, but Squirrel Week reminds everyone to be strong and have courage. With that, you can do more than one would ever imagine. Like this squirrel, for example.

-tim

Hoorah! It's squirrel week! For those of us not in college, it means we have a regular week but with delightful squirrely goodness sprinkled atop. To the rest, it is a week of peril and the fearsome battles that are final exams. While going through such a loathsome week, one's morale is often crushed. With a low morale, one's ability to concentrate and perform will dwindle to insignificant amounts. And that, my friends, is why squirrel week exists. Squirrel week is here to rescue all college students taking final exams by providing some morale-raising squirrel-related fun. Is there any better way to lighten one's spirits than to enjoy squirrels and their [mis]adventures? If there is, I don't want to know.



Honestly, how could I not start the week with this one? This squirrel can't possibly be up to any good! Unfortunately, the picture is merely a simulation. Get the scoop here. Oysters are Evil holds no responsibility for any actions inspired by this article.

-tim

Squirrel Week begins next week (the first full week of May this year)! If you have any squirrel-related goodness, please send it to me to share with the world.

I intend to make some content updates in the near future, though possibly after squirrel week. It has been far too long, my friends. Far too long.

-tim

Several days late, but a tradition must continue – today I have finally finished and uploaded a comic for Groundhog day this year. Lately I've had a hard time working on anything for more than a few consecutive minutes when not in the office. It is severely cutting down on my productivity. I have yet to go back and review Superbowl ratings, but expect to have it done by a week from today.

Meanwhile, I've had a taste for zombie-related things. While I have not yet given in to this craving, I realize that Resident Evil 5 is only about a month away, and I will be extremely satisfied if it is as good as Resident Evil 4. Does anyone have suggestions regarding zombie movies? I haven't seen very many and would like to hear which are your favorites.

After a long break, I've also had the desire to continue work on one of my long-term OaE projects. You will not be seeing anything about it for several months, I'm sure. Realistically I think it could be a year or more. Unfortunate but true.

-tim

We're joining you live from Buffalo Grove, IL to bring an amazing amount of amazing. Today the Pittsburgh Steelers will battle the Arizona Cardinals in a no-holds-barred, fully-refereed match of American Football.

Faith Hill sings football theme thing/Superbowl promo
(we don't need this - we know what we're watching)
-5 Chinchillas

Andy busts out 8lbs of fries for deep-frying and later enjoying

It's the kickoff show!

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Teams run out on the field!
Faith Hill (and choir) sings something

more people honoring. Jennifer Hudson sings national anthem. French fries are delicious!

Commercial Break #1
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Another World Disaster Movie (G.I. Joe)
-3 Chinchillas

sellavon.com
she can't get laid off because it's her business
-5 Chinchillas

McDonald's charity
-5 Chinchillas

something about Kurt Warner. Is it super? (ad for future commercial)
-5 Chinchillas

NBC shameless self-promotion
-5 Chinchillas

Hyundai Genesis
-5 Chinchillas

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*-*-*-*-* COIN TOSS *-*-*-*-*-*
Arizona chose heads and won the coin toss.
Cardinals will win the game. Coin toss determines the real winner.

Commercial Break #2
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Hyundai Genesis
-5 Chinchillas
Andy: tim this commercial sucks because new Smashing Pumpkins are terrible
Sandi's scale is 0 to 10 happy peppers.
Sandi: -2 happy peppers for smashing pumpkins in the commercial!
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Kickoff to Steelers
Steelers drive to 1st and goal after some big plays in 3.5 minutes
Cardinals pull Rothesberger into end zone for QB boot rushing touchdown
Andy: I want the Cardinals to win because the Illinois state bird is the cardinal

Before extra point, Cardinals challenge play


Commercial Break #3
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Bud light - guy suggests no more Bud Light during meetings & is thrown out window
3 Chinchillas

Angels & Demons movie trailer
David: This is another Ron Howard masterpiece
-3 Chinchillas

Every genre of car chase
Transporter? Audi commercial
0 Chinchillas
David: Anything with Jason Statham is automatically a 10
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Take that, Steelers! Play reversed.
Madden: I agree with this call....

Field goal Steelers. Score 3-0.

Commercial Break #4
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Bob Dylan
and things? "Stay forever young" - rap version later
WITH GUMBY - Andy: Gumby adds a point at least
-4 Chinchillas because Gumby

Guy with real snow globe throws through veding machine
snow globe to groin!!
4 Chinchillas
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Punt to Steelers.

Commercial Break #5
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Conan O'Brien commercial for Sweden... also New York
2 Chinchillas

Year One movie
-4 Chinchillas

Toyota something venza (too calm and informative)
-5 Chinchillas

NBC shameless self-promotion
automatic -5 Chinchillas
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Commercial Break #6
Potato Head family (voices by Toy Story actors)
mouth falls off, puts on angry eyes
-2 Chinchillas

Fast & Furious
Automatic -5 Chinchillas

Guy has monkies (guy is automatically cool)
-4 Chinchillas

NBC shameless self-promotion: Medium
Automatic -5 Chinchillas
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Commercial Break #7
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Will Ferrel movie - The Last of the Lost
giant crab & dinosaurs
1 Chinchillas

Doritos take clothes off of girl and spits money out of ATM
cop turns to monkey
guy hit by bus
1 Chinchilla

GoDaddy.com, girl takes 5 showers in one day for some reason?
-3 Chinchillas
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Steeler in red zone. Touchdown. Extra point is good.
Score 10-0 Steelers
"That kick is just inside"

Commercial Break #8
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People getting iunjured
Pepsi max
"reaedy?" "no"
5 Chinchillas

Safari animals instead of dogs
-4 Chinchillas

Dog gets treat for fetching. Horse brings back tree in mouth
(crowd was very split on this one)
-4 Chinchillas

NBC shameless self-promotion
Automatic -5 Chinchillas
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kickoff to Cardinals (literally that is all that happened)

Commercial Break #9
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Horses separated. One horse hunts down other horse at carnival
Andy: "Would you rather have a horse or would you rather have people getting hit in the groin? I think the answer is obvious"
-3 Chinchillas

Star Trek with Kumar
-5 Chinchillas
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Cardinals make it to end zone after big play
Great catch - Cardinals touchdown. Extra point is good
Score: Pittsburgh: 10, Arizona 7

Commercial Break #10
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What g means to people. People trying hard to do things. Gatorade
Andy: "I was going to tell you that it stands for 'gimp' because the guy in the wheelchair'
-5 Chinchillas

Guy is awesome at everything except car buying (good until what the car part)
0 Chinchillas
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Kickoff to Steelers
Sierra Nevada Torpedo is pretty good
Punt to Cardinals - 35 yard return

Commercial Break #11
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Foreign people angry about Hyundai car being good
-5 Chinchillas (no fatalities)

etrade baby - flagrant false advertisement (babies can't trade stocks legally)
-5 Chinchillas

GET 3D GLASSES
1 Chinchilla (thanks for the warning!)
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Cardinals go for punt, but false start
Andy: A real man would go for a field goal here

Commercial Break #12
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Pixar "Up"
old trailer
-1 Chinchillas

Bud Light drinkability
skiing people crashing
Ken: "Hey, Sunny Bono DIED. That's not cool."
-2 Chinchillas

Bridgestone
-5 Chinchillas
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Slap bet on Bruce Springsteen's first song!
Cardinals intercept ball

Commercial Break #13
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Death H&R block
-5 Chinchillas

Talking flowers vs good flowers
-4 Chinchillas

nfl.monster.com
-5 Chinchillas

test for fitness (very short)
-5 Chinchillas

Jay Leno new show at 10pm. driving car
-5 Chinchillas
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Andy notices yellow Gatorade on sidelines

Commercial Break #14
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Chester Cheetah is back! AND WISE
Pigeons attack valley girl because Cheetos
1 Chinchilla
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Steelers intercept potential TD pass and return for touchdown?
Face mask on offense - declined. Is Steelers player down before TD?
Extra point is good - Steelers 14, Cardinals 7

Commercial Break #15
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3D commercials
Dreamworks movie - paddle & ball
1 Chinchilla

Sobe
-4 Chinchillas (1 pt for 3D)

Chuck
-4 Chinchillas (1 pt for 3D)
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Halftime

Commercial Break #16
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What if roadies ran airlines?
-4 Chinchillas

Guy running
-5 Chinchillas

"Heroes" playing football against pros
-5 Chinchillas (especially time-stopping guy)
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Bruce Springsteen plays halftime show
Andy: "oh my god, it's 10th Avenue Freezeout! He threw us a curveball!"
(nobody won)
2nd Song: Born To Run (Tim's pick)
3rd Song: Workin' On A Dream (David's pick)
4th Song: Glory Days (Ken's pick)

4 Chinchillas

Commercial Break #17
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Toyota Truck
-4 Chinchillas (tower thing reminds me of littleBIGplanet)

overstock.com
-5 Chinchillas

LMAO clinic. NBC shameless self-promotion
-4 Chinchillas
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Commercial Break #18?
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Turtles for comcast
-5 Chinchillas

Dodge. boring
-5 Chinchillas

Guy moves plane time a lot
-5 Chinchillas

Guy is very cold at 212 jackson, calls for help. "Little person" with flamethrower
-4 Chinchillas

Lexus not smashed
-5 Chinchillas
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Game is back on - kickoff to Cardinals
Fumble? Challenged


Commercial Break #19
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3D-ized people (cartoony)
-4 Chinchillas

Off-roading on the moon
aliens rob rover of tires
2 Chinchillas

Mob at diner, lady putting whipped topping face on pancakes while boss talking about teaching people a lesson (interrupted by topping sound)
Denny's
2 Chinchillas

monster.com, animal head through office/into room
-3 Chinchillas

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Play overturned- was incomplete pass definitely
Punt to Steelers

Commercial Break #20
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Horses... AGAIN (in Ireland, immigrate to US), race horses
-5 Chinchillas

Storm troopers in taxi with the Rock driving, are aliens
-5 Chinchillas

The Office (NBC shameless self-promotion)
-4 Chinchillas
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Cardinals not good at tackling
Steelers make field goal, personal foul - get 1st down and half distance to goal
Steelers field goal score: 20-7

Commercial Break #21
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Transformers
-4 Chinchillas

Stuff, girl riding bear in ocean. Koala with glasses punched in face. Punching small animals
1 Chinchilla

cutcutcutcutcut Heroes
-5 Chinchillas
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nothing happened?

Commercial Break #22
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bees, Coca-Cola bottle, ladybug, beetle opens bottle that turned into butterflies
-4 Chinchillas

frosted flakes.com
-5 Chinchillas

Conan O'Brien - warnings
0 Chinchillas
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Commercial Break #23
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guys talking nfl.com/superad
-5 Chinchillas

old commercial - Heineken
automatic -5 Chinchillas

Chase - old commercial - identity theft
automatic -5 Chinchillas

fries with 0 grams trans fat.. Cargill
-5 Chinchillas
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Commercial Break #24
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Chuck in 3D
-5 Chinchillas

LG phones via US cellular
-5 Chinchillas

Jared of Subway Odd Couple
-5 Chinchillas

US Cellular
automatic -5 Chinchillas

NBC shameless self-promotion
automatic -5 Chinchillas
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Holding on Steelers

Commercial Break #25
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Hyundai (repeat)
automatic -5 Chinchillas

guys take Coca-Cola offered by child to football player, are tackled
0 Chinchillas

Cash for gold with Ed McMahon & McHammer
Ken: They used people that filed for bankruptcy for cash for gold. That's brilliant!
-4 Chinchillas

something? probably terrible
-5 Chinchillas
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Cardinals in red zone. timeout by Steelers?

Commercial Break #26
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VIZIO was way too much? vizio.com 55" $1M event
-5 Chinchillas

Guy gets phone number, calls girl immediately and has Taco Bell. Introduces to parents
-4 Chinchillas

Wire scarecrow on power lines. GE
-5 Chinchillas

fake commercials
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Cardinals touchdown. Extra point is good.
Score: 20 (Pitts) - 14 (AZ)

Commercial Break #27
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hulu - cerebral gelatinizing! Alec Baldwin. They're aliens and that's how they roll
-2 Chinchillas

NBC shameless self-promotion
automatic -5 Chinchillas
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Madden discusses "receiving radius"

Steelers punt

Commercial Break #28
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kid catches wind in bottle, releases indoors- WIND! (old)
automatic -5 Chinchillas

MacGruber
with Richard Dean Anderson. "Are you sponsored by Pepsi or something?"
PepSuber! Bomb explodes
3 Chinchillas
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Massive unnecessary roughness by Steelers player
3:36 left - 4th and 20 for Cardinals
punt - ball downed at 2 yard lined (flag on play)
Massive personal foul on kicker - Steelers with ball on 1 yard line

Safety? No - followed by 20 yard pass with holding on offense in end zone - resulting in safety!
Score: 20 (Pitts) to 16 (Ariz) - the exact average score of 10,000 game simulations.
Safety kick to Cardinals

HUGE pass - touchdown Cardinals. Extra point is good.
Score: 20 (Pitts) to 23 (Ariz)

(during replay) Andy: It looks like he's running from a pack of zombies

Ken: "I'd like to see someone thank Charles Darwin for winning. 'Like 10,000 years ago the average height was 5'2" - now I'm 6'1""

Commercial Break #29
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Guy carrying Bud Light Lime makes things warm/sunny temporarily
-5 Chinchillas

godaddy.com "women are 'enhanced'"
-4 Chinchillas

NBC shameless self-promotion: the Office
-4 Chinchillas
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Pittsburgh pushing strong for potentially final drive
Steelers in red zone with 49 seconds on the clock

Sandi: This is a good Superbowl game!

Steelers make complete corner pass for touchdown
(booth review, though it will probably not be overturned)

Touchdown is good, extra point is good.
Score: 27-23

Steelers "block" pass to make a fumble - confirmed. Steelers down the ball and win their 6th Superbowl.

Yellow sports drink poured on coach! Winners are Garth and Kicki.

Final Commercial Break (#30)
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Guy doing daily activities mixed with action - USA
-5 Chinchillas

American Family Insurance
-5 Chinchillas

Circuit City going out of business
-5 Chinchillas

oscillococcinum (animated- neat effects0
-4 Chinchillas

AAA
-5 Chinchillas
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Thanks for reading everyone. The game and halftime were really good, but the commercials seemed to be a little below average.

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I am going to go back and insert Sandi's ratings this week and adjust my ratings a little bit, then pick a "winner."

Mike's pick for winner: Doritos crystal ball by far

-tim

The tradition will continue as myself and others will watch the Superbowl and rate the commercials, and post it all here for your personal enjoyment. Updates will be throughout the evening so keep your eyes peeled and your browser refreshing.

Until that time rolls around, indulge yourself in this juicy article Sandi has found regarding the possible outcome of today's football game. I will echo the main points and we will carefully watch and criticize as the actual events unfold before us.

- Pittsburgh wins 65.1 percent of the time by an average score of 20-16
- Most common score is 27-13 win by the Pittsburgh Steelers
- Pittsburgh wins the coin toss 49.77% of the time and scores first 55.30%

Take that, Arizona Cardinals. STEEL CRUSHES SMALL RED BIRDS. Of course a Bear would leave both steels and cardinals cowering in a corner.

-tim

edit: we are betting on the color of the sports beverage poured on the coach of the winning team. Please submit your prediction by 5:00pm central time today
Sandi: Red (changed from orange)
Matthew: Orange
Tim: Grape
Garth: Yellow/Yellow-Green (the oddsmakers favor this choice)
Ken: Orange
Jon: Orange
Andy: Red

I would like to request Superbowl commercial reviews for this year. Please, please, PLEASE!!! That is my favorite post of the year!

-Sandi