We watched this Super Bowl through BBC One. I must say that this was a fascinating experience, complete with Rod Woodson, a clueless British commentator who looked like a Liverpool hooker jonsin for heroin, and some other dude who seemed to know what he was talking about. Wow.

There will be a followup explaining how we watched the license-laden Super Bowl, commercial-free, from a UK proxy in, well, the UK. It should be noted that, in spite of the 10,000-mile round trip the signal had to take, we were still 5 seconds ahead of the US radio broadcast.

It is six. Is there anything more to say?

Yes – it is six super bowls that have been own. I mean won. I mean pwned. Six.

One more thing: PITTSBURGH!!!

RTFA: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1198652/o…

The armed forces of the United States are regularly honored all the time. They even have two holidays recognized for their service to the country. The first holiday is Memorial Day, which takes place in the beginning of the summer. The second holiday is today, Veterans Day, in the beginning of the fall. Memorial Day is a generic celebration of those who died in service. But as for Veterans Day, it was originally created to honor a specific day in U.S. and world history.

Veterans Day was officially created in 1926, but the seeds for Veterans Day began in 1919. November 11, 1919 is forever known as the day World War I ended. Famously, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, an armistice was signed between the fighting nations.

The next year, President Woodrow Wilson officially proclaimed November 11 a national holiday, exactly 90 years ago. Back then it was known as Armistice Day instead. It also ignored that although November 11 was the day the US and Germany stopped fighting, the Treaty of Versailles that officially concluded the war didn’t get signed until June 1919.

Good summary of Veteran’s Day, and how it came to be.