The game last night did stay under the total. The cop and his family showed up 25 minutes early. My wife was still getting dressed, and I was still a little stoned.

I had set that time aside for placing my bet on the Super Bowl. About 10 minutes before the game was to start, I explained to our company that I hadn’t gotten a chance to place a wager, yet. With little cajoling needed, they encouraged me to go bet. Of course, once I logged on, the server was down. Apparently, everybody in the World was trying to throw their money away on the game. I couldn’t get my bet down on Indianapolis and the under.

I cheered furiously for The Bears, hoping that they would put the game over, so that the $200 I was going to bet would have ended up being a loss. I preyed The Bears would win, so that the $200 I was going to gamble would have been like having won money on the game, though, it never really left my pocket.

I would have won $300, if that cop hadn’t come to my house 25 minutes early.