Welcome to Canada!
For the last 8 years we’ve been excited that the Winter Olympics is coming to Canada. We’d planned way back then that we’d go to the opening ceremonies as a family.
3 Obstacles.
Money. The tickets to the games can easily run well over $1000. Each! Then to fly there as a family would cost a couple thousand dollars. Not to mention the price or availability of rooms. At this time in our lives, we don’t have that kind of money.
A Wedding. My nephew chose the one weekend that the opening of the Canadian Winter Olympics launches. So we’re on our way (driving) to Indianapolis to celebrate with my brother’s family. Family is easily more important than the Olympics.
Distance. Most people realize...
It’s the Big Game day!
Today, we celebrate a national holiday -- or at least so it seems. We're having a large party to honor athletic men scrambling for a ball while unfit people eat, drink and cheer for their favorite team.
Ah, football. But this "big game" day has some interesting facts:
Usually one of the largest American sports TV audiences
2nd biggest eating day next to Thanksgiving
Most expensive advertising evening of the year ($3M average ad this year)
The big championship game was named after a kids' toy called the "SuperBall".
Superbowl was only a temporary name; the originator thought a better name could be found.
There was no SuperBowl before SuperBowl IV. They were called Championship Games.
92% of households in America tune in some time during the game.
The...