J. Michael Andresen

3. Football (February) Who will win the Super Bowl? a. #1 seed in the NFC (Green Bay Packers, 15-1) b. #1 seed in the AFC (New England Patriots, 13-3) c. #2 seed in the NFC (San Francisco 49ers, 13-3) d. #2 seed in the AFC (Baltimore Ravens, 12-4) e. another NFC team f. another AFC team Four years ago, in the first year of the Prognostication Quiz, head coach Tom Coughlin and quarterback Eli Manning led the New York Giants to a stunning defeat over coach Bill Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady of the New England Patriots. The Patriots were coming off an undefeated season and were 12-point favorites heading into the game but were eclipsed by the upstart Giants. The rematch came this year, with the Patriots again meeting the Giants with the same coaches and quarterbacks. The Patriots were only 2.5-point favorites this time, but the Giants cut them down again, once more forcing Tom Brady to bow his head in obeisance to Eli Manning (see photo). This means the answer to Question 3 of of th

(Guest post by Katie) Calvin Calvin is an extraordinarily happy and agreeable baby. When Mommy comes downstairs in the morning (Daddy gets up first with the boys) or comes home from work, Calvin grins and flaps his arms excitedly. He used to clap, but the clapping could not be as enthusiastic as the flapping. For a while now, whenever Calvin started to fuss, it meant he was hungry or sleepy. Now, he is often fussing instead because he wants a particular toy, and usually a toy that Max is sequestering. Max Max has been becoming very communicative and expressing lots of ideas as of late, though we don’t always know where the ideas that he expresses come from. “I wish Calvin had more arms, so that he could be a spider.” This was apropos of nothing, as far as we could tell. “Then you will leave me all alone, and I will cry.” This matter-of-fact declaration by Maxwell followed Daddy’s explanation of the series of events that would take place before bed: First, we will brush your teeth; the