Humid Beings

Oh great, now he has to pay taxes on THIS donation: http://t.co/PfWC33t

I'm so glad my mom told me who Casey Anthony was so I can know what the hell everyone's talking about!

Enes Kanter's been speaking English for 1 yr & already says "like" & "y'know" every other word. Nice job, America!

At least he admitted he's a disastrous consultant. http://t.co/xQosTbv

Does it mean anything that the copy of "The Reader" I'm watching pops up every 10 min w/ "property of The Weinstein Co. Do not duplicate"?

What's everybody criticizing him for? Lebron said he was taking his tanking to South Beach, and he did.

@SammLevine I get ~1 movie/8 eps, & I got EMG after Wallace (Biggie's kid). #DLM #DB=poorsport

Am I the first to figure out the joke on Tina Fey's Bossypants cover? That's Horatio Sans! Get it, "Horatio's Hands"? Funny, right?

RT @bobpowers1: "I loosened it." -Bush

Did he say, "Kobe arrested right now"?

RT @eddiefrancis: Hello #NBA fans, meet the New Orleans #Hornets. #geauxhornets #NOLA

Kobe: "(sniff) Coach promised us it'd be easy (sniff)"

Man these refs are seriously in the tank for LA. #Hornets

Suggested name for Vin Diesel's next movie: "Over Arrest"

New rule 4 smokers: hold it in the direction of your friends who chose to be with you, not us innocent bystanders.

Watching Chris Thomas King killing it @ CAC. Wish more o you were here!

Still waiting for members of the former-NFLPA to voice their support for victims of Wisconsin's Repub vote. #notrichenough

is bi-winning.

This just in: Yao Ming just overtook Tom Brady in votes and will start at QB for the AFC in today's ProBowel (sic)

Sometimes it's hard to know who the biggest d-bag is: http://tinyurl.com/4n4clr5 vs. http://tinyurl.com/62k2bj4

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"We have received a report that the new cap has failed."

I told everyone I expected this to fail, but I still hoped that my pessimism would yield results. No dice. Why would we every think these guys can get it right?

Treme: Too Real?

I really enjoyed the premiere of Treme last night, although it confirmed one of my mild apprehensions about the show:  People won’t believe how authentic it is. It’s a weird contradiction that at the same time we don’t want people believing that there’s a parade every five minutes here, like…

Cyril continues to be part of the problem, not the solution

Gary tipped me off to this interview with Austin’s own Cyril Neville. A couple of choice bits: Everybody who had obligations to help out didn’t. Huh?  This kind of shit just reinforces the rest of the country’s perception that we’re just sitting here waiting for help to arrive.  And it’s…

Saints school Cowboys

This is awesome: I smell a nice rivalry cooking. On Friday night, the Saints’ staff at the combine gathered in a private room at St. Elmo Steakhouse, an 108-year-old Indy landmark, for a final celebratory nod to the Super Bowl win over the Colts. This is a group that likes…

What I learned as an extra on Treme’

1) Being an extra is extra-boring. 2) Parking in a lot with a security guard is no guarantee that your car won’t get broken into.

Best “Priceless” I’ve seen

Potato Chips for a quick snack on the airplane . . . $4 Aisle seat in 1st class from Miami to New Orleans . . .  $899 Falling asleep with the Lombardi Trophy in your lap . . . Priceless Thanks, Stephanie

Hire Avery

I was glad when the Hornets fired Byron Scott, and I think Jeff Bower’s better, but he’s no long-term winner. Avery Johnson, however, is a proven winner.  Plus, he’s local, he’s looking for a position, and he may have been the secret-weapon-motivational-speaker for the Saints this year.  Isn’t that what…

Lombardi Gras aka Dat Tuesday

Eleven

This is why we can’t get spoiled, people. Thanks, Gary.

Archbishop Hannan’s original Saints prayer

I can’t figure out how to insert this directly, but check the weathered link: Saints_PrayerHannan

Damn! Hell of an article, Wright Thompson

Read and weep (and savor).  Thanks, Wright, for getting it right. And I love it when a coach mixes his metaphors.  Thanks, Coach Wade.  Not sure if you meant “kowtow” or “bow down,” but either way, give it your best shot. Fortunately for you, Roy Williams seems to think it…

Got our mojo working

Sunday’s game against Washington (not too keen on their name) wasn’t pretty.  Well, actually, yes it was.  Both teams actually played pretty well, but we were the beneficiaries of some amazing and timely turns of events. I don’t know what their order of importance they have, but here’s what made…

Douchebag of the Day: Rich Rodriguez

While normally I don’t care about the suffering of this prick and how he continues to make Michigan fans miserable (which I secretly enjoy, since I have a number of MSU fans), but when ANYone starts comparing their candy ass struggles to Katrina, it’s on. It’s really kind of ironic…

Adventures in Sports Journalism

Alright, for a big Saints game like Monday night’s, I lose that day and the next to scouring the Internets for any and every mention of the game.  A few observations: If you missed the game, here’s the recap, courtesy of Gary. I love Bob Marshall’s environmental reporting, but does…

This could be big

This might mean that people drop the “natural disaster” BS and start understanding what really happened.  Well, we can dream, right?

Saints fans

From Peter King: New Orleans (6-0). My friend from Montclair, Mike Norman, and his two boys, Ben and Josh, can’t get over how they were treated as Giants fans in New Orleans a couple of weeks ago. They were dressed in their Giants’ gear. Big game. Lots at stake. And…

Great line

From ESPN’s Gene Wojciechowski And the Dolphins (2-4) once again found a way to dominate an opponent for large stretches of a game and lose. Not just lose, but lose spectacularly. They were last seen curled into a ball, mumbling something about their mommy.

I have contempt for court

I’m on jury duty this month, for the first time (lucky, I know).  Every time I try to complain about the unbelievable inefficiency of it all, all I hear is, “What do you expect?  It’s jury duty.  It’s supposed to be that way.” But it doesn’t have to be.  As…

Bush’s gophers

I meant to post this a while back, but McSweeney’s’ recent list is a classic and contains the following suggestion of what Bush should do in retirement, regarding the gophers on his ranch: When gopher holes flood, do not send help. Gophers can fend for own selves. Tell them to…

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Yep, but back in '07. Hot as hell, but good light for pix. The Colston pic gets most of the ladies' attention.

I can’t believe…

…that I actually have a reasonable, relatively sane Republican representative, but even he can’t get our unreasonable, insane Republican governor to get behind light rail. …that the Twilight Zone started 50 years ago today.  I’m not scifi fan, but I sure love that show. …that the Saints and Jayhawks both…

Tuesday Noonish Quarterback

Want to know how to claim 100,000 people in your stadium?  You do this and this. The Saints win again, and although I would’ve enjoyed Brees cruising toward a bunch of records, the team did more this week to scare our coming opponents.  Yep, even if the passing game isn’t…