Super Bowl

So for the Super Bowl, we were treated to BEER. Not supposed to mention that the US spent a bunch of money to move alcohol into a muslim country (even though there is no law prohibiting alcohol in Iraq, and stores sell it here. They do, however, get targeted by religious extremist nutjobs who try to blow them up).

As with everything in the Army, they found a way to kill the fun by directing the consumption of the brew by heavily restricting the place and amount that could be consumed, and who it could be consumed with, and who you could tell you consumed alcohol (FYI, you never read this, it never happened). The shipping container it came in had to be guarded, and accountability of said suds was, well... It's easier to get grenades. Residue had to be back-hauled and turned in, with every can properly accounted for, consumed or otherwise.

But we had it, which was a nice gesture. We got up at 2AM and had our allocated two beers. It tasted pretty good, but as with most things here, it was a bit of an anti-climactic letdown. We were still in Iraq. Things like beer and football are best enjoyed with family and friends in familiar places, and you just can't replicate that in the Middle East.

I went back to bed at 5. As we had consumed alcohol, nobody could have anything to do with the Iraqis for eight hours after consumption. Those who had duty got to partake later, during one of the several reruns of the game on AFN. Sadly, we missed all the commercials, as AFN does not accept outside advertising, and instead fills commercial time with various public service announcements.

It was good to see Pittsburgh win, and it was a close game, which is all you want out of the Super Bowl.

Only seven more months until our Fantasy Football draft...

Hope you are well-- take care.
Ron