Superman, Superstar

It's a big weekend in Boston, where the New England Patriots, famous for being undefeated, being cheaters, and having the most unloyal figure in sports (Bellichique - mispelling intentional) this side of Roger Clemens, will play in their 4th Superbowl in 7 years, or their 1st Superbowl in 3 years, depending on your perspective. I came across two things in the past couple of days that I found particularly funny in advance of the game.

Good luck with that one Menino.

Ok, so at least Boston isn't like Chicago or Los Angeles where they jump on cars or riot if they... Oh, right. Well, at least no one ever dies at these things... oh right. Well at least the Boston Police always do the right thing in these situations... oh right.

But, fear not, denizens of the Hub -- you've got Mayor Menino on the case, whose messages will go unheeded both because all of its targets will be drunk and because no one can understand him anyway.

So, onto the second nugget I came across this week. I consult wikipedia very often, both for fun and for professional purposes but mostly for fun, and while looking up the Patriot's dauphinic Quarterback, I found this:

As a side note, while I love the reader inserted exclamations in the beginning of the paragraph, I think the best factoid is that Tom Brady was a "catcher" in high school.