HOTS, a big sports fan, is gearing up for Super Bowl XLVI on Feb. 5. The football face-off, this year between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots, will take place at the domed Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Up to 150,000 people are expected to descend on Indiana’s largest city for the colossal contest, which will draw an estimated global audience of 110 million TV viewers. Among downtown Indy’s newest additions: a 1,005-room J.W. Marriott, the world’s largest, that will serve as media headquarters for the event. HOTS can barely contain its excitement—see you at kickoff time!

HOTS always knew the Greatest Generation had endured much but never knew it had received discounts for its bravery. HOTS recently had a chance to read an excerpt from the Milwaukee Journal dated April 29, 1940 in which it was announced that a hotel on the East Coast of England was offering a one-third discount for “each day that a bomb falls on or near the town or a mine explodes near the promenade or pier.” HOTS couldn’t help but marvel at the pluck of English men and women going on vacation in a war, but reasons that with such discounts the holiday would be downright explosive.

HOTS is very tempted to get right online and order a T-shirt that reads ‘Get back on board damn it!’ - a reference to the “fleeing” captain Francesco Schettino of the Costa Concordia who may face charges of manslaughter and abandoning ship for reportedly not waiting on board to evacuate passengers after his ship hit a submerged rock and capsized off the coast of Italy Jan. 13.
The T-shirt makers say the shirt is proving popular worldwide – though the company is capturing flack for profiting from the deadly disaster. If the company donated proceeds to victims’ families or some other appropriate charity, HOTS’ curiosity and temptation could quickly turn into an actual purchase.