I would say that I must be the last guy on Earth to know that the Prop 8 judge is gay - but I feel like the last person is actually the lawyer for the defendant.

David Paterson never intended to be governor. But now he is.

So it's time to make a statement about the Times article and quash the rumors. If there's something bad, own it and inoculate against it. If there isn't, say what the article is about.

It's what a Governor would do. Letting speculation run rampant is deadly.

Mancrunch made it to the Super Bowl after all. Via Boing Boing.

This house is upside down.

Guaranteed, this article will someday be cited in a story that uses some variant of the phrase: "Ironically, Espada himself proposed the legislation now leading to his ouster."

How is anyone with even a rudimentary design aesthetic supposed to take Microsoft seriously when their PowerPoint templates are so ing awful?

Sarah Palin needs help, but doesn't know it. So says Nate Silver.

Drawing the connection between American drug use and Haiti's problems isn't difficult. Likewise, Mexico's and Central America's. But it's easier to ignore it.

To me, this is the single best argument against illegal drug use: Americans gut nations and kill thousands for fleeting highs. Staggering in its selfishness.

I think if I had to identify the key moment when the Colts lost, it was when Manning threw that interception. #simmslevelinsights

Is it just me, or did it look like one of the Saints was talking to Manning as Porter was running that INT back? Looks like Manning may have gestured in response.

So. I wonder what else is on.

This is why companies buy Super Bowl ads. Twitter topic cloud:

In about fifteen seconds, Peyton Manning is going to ask to be put in as a defensive back.

You. Take. The. Points. It's the Super Bowl.

If you're thinking, "Gosh, that lady shown briefly during the Cars.com ad looks familiar" - she ought. She was in Grass Roots.

Cars.com (she's the mother):

Grass Roots:

I know I'm not supposed to, but I think I'm rooting for the Colts.

I get the whole "resuscitation of New Orleans" thing. But I find it annoying when a sports team is supposed to somehow encapsulate an entire city. Like, I'm not a god Yankee; there are plenty of people who aren't Saints (so to speak).

One of the coolest sports moments I can remember is when the Diamondbacks beat the Yankees in seven games in 2001. The Yanks were supposed to win to show the resilience of America, but they lost because they were a worse team. Which is what is supposed to happen in America.

And, I like Peyton Manning. So there. Go Colts.

We're watching our own Super Bowl, 16 and Pregnant on MTV. The following exchanged scored a touchdown.

Heavy-set guy goes into a candle store, and asks for assistance. Clerk asks the occasion; he responds that he and his fiancé just broke up.

Oh, you want that candle. Right here! Lavender!

Whoever invented the Puppy Bowl deserves a big raise from Animal Planet. It's puppies running around in front of ads for a few hours. Pure, adorable commercialism.

SNL reprises a great sketch: Fred Armisen makes up a song, Kristen Wiig tries to sing along.

A nice parsing of the full, unedited Stewart / O'Reilly conversation.

Best line:

Stewart on Fox News' "hyperventilating" about Khalid Sheikh Muhammad being tried in the U.S.: "He's not Magneto—Khalid Sheikh Muhammad isn't going to sprout wings and fly out and start shooting buildings with lasers."

The video is below, but Gawker identifies what Palin had written on her hand: "Energy," "Budget Tax cuts" "Lift American spirits."

I don't know what to say. But that is a lot to remember.

For those curious, the Super Bowl is between "Reggie's team, which is the New Orleans something, and some team from Pennsylvania. Steelers?" At least according to China.

Palin's Tea Party speech. It's like preaching to the choir, except the preacher is only saying it so the choir will like her.