America’s Largest Balloon Parade with the theme “It’s a Wacky World” stepped off along San Diego’s Embarcadero yesterday morning for the 2006 Holiday Bowl parade. Our favorite chicken (Ted Giannoulas) was honored as this year’s Grand Marshal. 32 giant balloon characters entertained over 100,000 kids of all ages. Last night the Q set the stage for the big football game with the Texas A&M Aggies losing to the California Golden Bears 45-10.