Houserspawn(tm) Super Bowl Predictions

Here at Houserspawn(tm), we know how difficult it can be to find analysis and opinion on the Super Bowl in the weeks leading up to the game.

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Me: I am no fan of the Giants, but I also have no desire to see the Patriots go 19-0. So for me, the fact that the Giants knocked the Cowboys out of the playoffs tips my rooting interests slightly in favor of the Giants. I'm calling for Giants 31, Patriots 27.

Linda: Patriots 24, Giants 21

Ben: Patriots 5, Giants 3 ("And if the Patriots lose, I'm gonna scream.")

Zach: Patriots 37, Giants 22 ("Go Patriots!")

Phoebe: "I don't know. Who do you think will win?"
Dad: "I think the Giants will beat the Patriots."
Phoebe: "OK, I'll say... the Parakeets will win."
Dad: "What do you think the score will be?"
Phoebe (confused): "Huh? There is no squirrel!"
Dad: "Not the squirrel, the score. What will be the score to the game?"
Phoebe (more confused): "How would I know that?"

She has a point.

School of Rock

The kids and I spent the evening yesterday playing the outstanding Guitar Hero III for the Wii. (Guitar Hero is a series of music-based video games where the player pushes buttons on a guitar-shaped controller to play along with the on-screen band.)

Zach has picked it up pretty quickly, and is working his way through all of the songs on the beginner setting. Phoebe is still working on her timing, but she's got the makings of a future rock star.

Ben mostly just likes to hold the guitar controller. And when he's not asking for his turn, he likes dancing around the room to the music while the rest of us are rocking the house.