What a game. The Super bowl it’s self did not disapoint, the commercials on the other hand were not as good as years past. I will post my 3 favorites in no particular order, and a link to check out all of the ad’s.

#3

#2

#1

Now here is the link to check out all of the American commercials. Enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/superbowl

SUPER BOWL 46: HOW TO SOUND LIKE A FOOTBALL EXPERT

» Seven current Patriots played in Super Bowl 42. Five of those are on offense, with just one on defense (Vince Wilfork) and kicker Stephen Gostkowski. The Giants, have had less turnover with 16 active players still on the roster from the 2007 season.

» When the Patriots’ Tom Brady and the Giants’ Manning face off, it will mark the first time in NFL history two Super Bowl MVP-winning QBs have met in the Super Bowl. In fact, it’s only happened one other time in NFL playoff history, when the Manning’s Giants beat the Green Bay Packers and Aaron Rodgers in the Divisional round on January 15.

» Pittsburgh has won the most Super Bowls with six.

» This year’s Super Bowl is the first to be hosted by the city of Indianapolis. The most frequent host? Miami at 10 times. New Orleans will host for a 10th time in 2013.

» An estimated 7 million U.S. employees will be no-shows for work the day after the Super Bowl.

» Super Bowl weekend is the slowest weekend of the year for weddings in America. It is, however, the top day of the year for pizza sales, followed by New Year’s Eve, according to pizza.com.

» The Patriots are the designated ‘home team.” They’ll wear their home blue jerseys; the Giants will wear their road white. As the “road team” the Giants will call the opening coin toss. The AFC representative is the “home team” for even-numbered Super Bowls.

» Tom Brady is going for his 4th Super Bowl win; he can tie Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw for the all-time record for QB’s.

» This is NBC’s 17th Super Bowl telecast. It’s the 8th for play-by-play announcer Al Michaels, tying Dick Enberg for second most all-time. (Pat Summerall called 11 Super Bowls.)

» The ‘face value’ of seats at Indy for this year’s Super Bowl is $800 or more. Face value at the Patriots’ first Super Bowl 26 years ago was $75.

» The teams aren’t playing for just a trophy and a ring, there’s a big bonus on the line. Each player on the winning team gets $88,000. The losers get half that.

Happy Groundhog day. We are inching closer to the Superbowl and that means we are getting prepared for our superbowl parties. Here are a few things you could make that would win over some fans.

What stadium is your favorite?

BEER ON SUPER BOWL SUNDAY

This Super Bowl Sunday Americans will consume 50 million cases of beer. I wonder how much us Canadians will take in, I know we can’t be shown up when it comes to drinking beer.

… Enough to buy 10 B2 stealth bombers.

… Enough to fill Lucas Oil Stadium almost half-way up.

… 58% of beer drinkers “go” during the game so they don’t miss the commercials. (And use 2+ billion gallons of water to flush.)

… All that beer will result in 1.4 billion trips to the bathroom.

… 7 million people will call in sick on Monday after the game.

More than four million people watched a cryptic 10-second teaser featuring Matthew Broderick after the clip’s Thursday release, revving up the rumor mill that there may be a Ferris Bueller sequel. By mid-morning the true point of the clip was revealed: Matthew Broderick’s Bueller would be selling a Honda. On Monday Honda gave us a taste of its upcoming weekend ad magic, one that will cost around $3.5 million for a mere 30 seconds of airtime. Which is probably why they put the 2 minute, 25 second video on YouTube.

Jerry Seinfeld and Jay Leno will also star in a Super Bowl commercial.

Forget all the recent stories about sports fans doing crazy/mean/inappropriate things: 7-year-old Owen, a loyal 49ers follower, makes up for every idiot who ever beat up a mascot or took advantage of a passed-out guy at a bar wearing the wrong jersey. Owen was really, really sad when the Niners lost to the Giants. So distraught was the child, he was driven to tears.

Desperate to understand how and why 49ers receiver Kyle Williams blew it, he managed to ask his father one question: “But why did he have to fumble?” To which his dad Michael replied: “If you feel this way, how sad do you think Kyle Williams is?” Immediately, Owen forgot the depth of his own personal sorrow and decided he wanted to write Kyle Williams a letter to “make him feel better.” This is what he wrote:

That flag has never looked better

A pair of 17-year-old Canadian high school students decided to record their launch of a Lego mini-man into space. All it took was a few months work and about $500. The two Toronto teens, Matthew Ho and Asad Muhammad, purchased a weather balloon and outfitted it with cameras, a GPS-equipped cellphone, and a Lego minifig holding a tiny Canadian flag in a custom-designed Styrofoam box. As soon as the winds shifted to keep the balloon inside the Canadian border they launched it and waited, hoping their amateur spacecraft would get a few pics. Roughly two hours after letting the balloon go they were notified by the cellphone of the craft’s successful return. It traveled approximately 15 miles up into the stratosphere and roughly 75 miles laterally, capturing some stunning images along the way.

LOOSE LIPS SINK RESUMES

It’s hard enough to figure out what you should say in an interview, but knowing which details to avoid discussing with a potential employer can mean the difference between landing that new job and going back to square one in your job hunt. Skip these subjects:

Complaints About Previous Employers
No matter how much you disliked your previous employers stop yourself from badmouthing them at all costs. The reason? The potential employer will look at you and say, “That person will feel the same way about my company five years from now.”

 Childcare Issues
At first blush, few subjects seem as wholesome and relatable as talking about one’s children, but job candidates should be careful about discussing particular child care issues, regular doctor appointments, etc. Even less serious conversations about your children could come back to haunt you after the interview if they belie the possibility that you’ll have too many outside obligations competing with work. It’s fine to mention your children, but talking about how you coach their soccer team or want to be president of the PTA would all be a distraction from work.

 Financial Problems
No matter how sympathetic the person conducting the interview may seem, applicants should avoid talking about credit issues, foreclosures and any other financial problems that may make you seem like a riskier candidate.

Your Age
It might seem like an odd fact to conceal, but there have been plenty of lawsuits in recent years alleging that workers were discriminated against based on their age. Indeed, this can cut both ways as some employers may have an unspoken bias against workers who are seen as too young (inexperienced), or workers who are seen as too old (costly, with outdated skills).

Questionable Hobbies
At a certain point in the interview, you may be asked to open up about some of your hobbies, but think twice before you answer. Your love of Scrabble may be harmless enough, but your love of hunting may not be. Even more commonplace activities like drinking with friends or playing video games could potentially give off the wrong impression to an employer. So if asked, it’s generally a safer bet to focus on some of your plainer hobbies, even if it seems a little more boring.

DIET TIPS YOU’VE NEVER HEARD

» Skip a meal…sometimes: To lose weight, you have to follow a simple formula: Expend more calories than you consume. Skipping a meal once or twice a week can help you do that. Skip lunch, not breakfast.

 » Work out pre-breakfast: After a night of sleeping, your body’s fuel comes from stored fat. Workout on an empty stomach, and eat a carb and protein breakfast afterward, like eggs and a pita.

» Get a java jolt: Coffee and other caffeinated beverages increase your heart rate, so your body burns extra calories. And caffeine reduces your appetite. The downside: It will inhibit your ability to tell when you’re full.

» Sweat in sub-temps. Your body has to work harder to keep you warm in chilly weather, so you burn more calories. Make it an outdoor workout.

» Sip a shake: Shakes are often pumped full of air, tricking your stomach into thinking it’s full so you eat less. Just make sure it’s a low-cal shake, or you’re defeating the purpose.

OLD FOODS

Did you know popcorn dates back 6,500 years? Here are some other foods that are a lot older than you think.

Ice cream
The Chinese are credited with eating the first “ice-cream-like food” around 200 B.C. But instead of today’s ubiquitous chocolate, vanilla, or strawberry, early versions were made using milk and rice packed into snow. The dish continued to evolve, and in the 7th century, King Tang of Shang kept helpers on hand to whip up a frosty concoction made of buffalo milk, flour, and camphor.

Lasagna
When and where was the classic Italian dinner born? “Several origin stories surround lasagna,” says CNN, “and a couple point to ancient Greece as the birthplace of the cheesy comfort food.” One theory states that the word “lasagna” comes from the Greek term “lasanon,” or standing pot, which eventually became the type of serving dish used to bake the pasta.

Burgers
It’s quite likely that America’s quintessential fast food was an on-the-go meal from the start. Its creation can be credited to the fearsome Mongols, who, in the 1200s, “stashed raw beef under their saddles as they waged their campaign to conquer the known world,” says Serious Eats. “After time spent between the butts of man and beast, the beef became tender enough to eat.” The steak tartare this inspired eventually found its way to the Germany port city of Hamburg, where it was transformed into a minced, cooked beef patty. But the burger wasn’t really a burger until 1900, when a Connecticut restaurant claims to have slapped the Hamburg steak between two buns, and voilà — “America’s first hamburger.”

Meatloaf
“Though modern meatloaf is an American innovation, its ancestry spans the globe, and centuries,” says Nadia Arumugam at The Atlantic. In the late 4th or early 5th century, the “Roman gastronome Apicius” mentions in his cookbook, De Re Coquinaria, a dish that “features chopped meat combined with spices, bread soaked in wine, and pine nuts and formed into a patty.” But it wasn’t until the Great Depression that the dish became popularized in America, when it provided a cheap alternative to more expensive cuts. “The notion of meatloaf as comfort food stems from its frequent appearance in this period,” says Arumugam. “It was lucky meatloaf arrived when it did.”

Wheat
Contrary to popular belief, Neanderthals “were not just meat-eaters,” says Katherine Harmon at Scientific American. “Traces of fossilized foodstuffs” caught in their teeth reveal that these ancient humans ate a variety of plants, including legumes, date palms, and several wild varieties of grass related to wheat. Though it was a far cry from the bread we eat today, researchers found that 42 percent of the starchy plants Neanderthals ate tens of thousands of years ago came from cooked food. “Thankfully for the researchers, these early humans’ tool selection did not likely include floss.”