The Merits of Long Plane Flights

I've decided that I like long plane flights. I've just come back from NYC, and it was about a 6 hour flight. Now normally I would have bitched and moaned about such a thing, but it occurred to me that being on the plane for that long makes the whole 'crowded trip on the subway to get to the airport 90 minutes early/shoes off for security/fattening airport pizza/long bathroom line' thing worthwhile. I mean, if you're going to go through all of that, you might as well be on the plane for a long time afterwards. Plus, you can, in theory, accomplish a lot in 6 hours, unless you're flying Jet Blue, in which case you may have good intentions but will end up watching a lot of TV. I watched The Daily Show, Blue Collar Comedy Tour, the Cosby Show, Iron Chef, and assorted cartoons involving ACME products. And part of an episode of Who Wants to be a Millionaire, where some total idiot used all three of his lifelines trying to determine the color of wasabi, and then still got it wrong, deciding pink over green. Thank god I wasn't listening to the sound, it was bad enough just watching him hem and haw. I love Jet Blue - they have great snacks and they're funny, plus the whole DirectTV thing is spectacular. Of course now that I'm back I feel like I never left, except that I'm pretty sure I had a plan in mind of what I was doing in lab and I've forgotten it now...

The Superbowl, and the terror of 4-hour erections

So, once again this year I watched the Superbowl. I hate the Superbowl. It's not that I despise football, I just don't get the hype. It's like New Year's Eve and Valentine's Day, in that it can never live up to the expectations heaped upon it. I watch the game for the commercials, which, in my not very humble opinion, have been going steadily downhill for the last several years. This year, there were only a couple entertaining spots, and they were mediocre compared to the old ones. The halftime show wasn't overly exciting, but I guess they were playing it safe after the great 'almost exposed breast' fiasco of 2004. Apparently people still found cause to complain to the FCC - they got 2 complaints that the show was too boring, and, this is the best part - 5 complaints, 5, from people who considered the Cialis commercial, and its warnings about 4-hour erections, to be inappropriate. Seriously, what is wrong with this country? Now, I'm not saying I like the Cialis commercials, in fact they're downright annoying and really awkward to watch with your parents in the room, but, offensive? Personally, I'm thinking that I can see some appeal to 4-hour erections...but remember, Cialis is only for those men healthy enough for sexual activity.