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Where were you on Feb. 5, 2006?

That's when the Seahawks were in the Super Bowl.

I watched the game at Stephanie Vigil's house.

I no longer get invited to her Super Bowl parties. And you know what? I wouldn't invite me either.

If you were a TV news anchor, would you invite to your Super Bowl party someone who constantly complains about TV news anchors? No way.

Besides, she was totally cordial in every one of our face-to-face encounters over the years. She even did me a favor once. And how do I repay her? By acting as if anchors being babies about winter weather is a war crime.

(Well, one local fixture probably does deserve to be tried for being a total tool, but that's another matter.)

Anyway, her parties (I went to two, I believe) were relaxed yet pleasantly festive. Stephanie is a gracious host and she has a lot of nice friends. The only person I sort of wanted to avoid was someone who also worked at the SR at the time.

This all came to mind because it would seem a lot of people think the Seahawks have a good chance to be in another Super Bowl soon.

If that happens, I know where I won't be.

But maybe there is still time to patch things up with Kris Crocker. I'll bet she and Jerry throw good parties.



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