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Oct
07

McCray and Mom
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That be a screen grab of Bobby McCray standing next to his mom. ESPN the Magazine had him cook some food for Mike McKenzie, Will Smith and Sedrick Ellis (in full USC garb). On the menu was some chicken-shrimp fettucini alfredo. Sound delicious. I think that Chef Who Dat may be feeling the heat at the moment.
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Thanks to Saints Gab for picking up what I miss.



 
Oct
07

Reggie return

Photo by Jonathan Bachman

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Or so says Chris Kluwe’s Wikipedia page. If you recall, Kluwe basically handed the Saints the win by punting not once, not twice, but three times to Reggie Bush in a row. His coach, it seems, cares not for his Level 70 Rogue status and thinks his punter needs to get in line:

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Oct
07

Les Jamelles MerlotLike many people in New Orleans, my husband and I are in the midst of home restoration. While this project is underway we (my husband, son and I) reside in the carriage-house-cum-pool-house on our lot.  We are right on schedule with renovations now, just about 20 months into a 6-month project, 125% into our budget and there is no end in sight.

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Because we live in a house we were planning to use only for pool users and weekend guests our entertaining capacity is exactly two.  That is us.  We have 2-stools, a minibar sized refrigerator and the only high-chair that fit in the confines of the space was one that clips onto our breakfast bar leaving Cheerio cantilevered off of the counter at such a precarious angle even Frank Lloyd Wright would be nervous.

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However, our limited space and temporary living conditions do not preclude us from having dinner parties.  Most famously we invited everyone we knew in the neighborhood over for a BBQ exactly 4 days after we arrived from London and moved into the carriage house.  Tables were made of saw horses and old doors and it took us 7 tries before we found the box that contained our wine glasses.
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So last night, when Nick’s plans to meet a friend for drinks fell thru because of illness and exhaustion, we decided Slice Pizza at our place was the natural answer.   Our friend Eric came over, we had amazing Pizza, ice-cold beer and great conversation.
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The two guys were happily drinking beer and chatting about the economy and politics when I opened a bottle of wine, poured three glasses and returned to my perch on the sofa and waited.  It took them a minute to switch from beer to wine, but they did.  As I knew they would.  Sip.  Bite of pizza.  Sip.  “Hey – this is great wine.”  Nick picked up the bottle.”  “What is this?”  “A Merlot from Southern France.”  I answered.  “Mmmm.  It is really good.  Where did you find it?” I stayed quiet for long enough to let them think they were drinking a small vineyard wine from Southern France and enjoying it with their gourmet dinner selection. Then I let it drop, “The wine was $9.99 from Dorignacs.”    Since the conversation was largely about the poor state of the economy, it was a well-timed bit of information.

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Oct
07

That’s the estimated aggregate bill — so far — of the war on Iraq and the financial “rescue” package. (”And that’s without tip!” Garry Shandling quipped on Real Time with Bill Maher.) It’s a number I hope gets mentioned every time John McCain or Sarah Palin utter the words, “Where is that money going to come from?” in response to one of Barack Obama’s proposals for universal health care or alternative energy. Shandling and Maher, of all people, spoke such simple truths on the HBO program last week that I actually stopped my DVR, backed up and wrote down their words. Here they are in their entirety: 
Shandling: ”John McCain cannot be saying we’re winning the war in Iraq at the same time we’re going bankrupt. That means we’re losing, because everybody has forgotten the connection. The planes [hitting] the buildings was an economic attack, am I correct? And if we didn’t spend X trillion into this war, we might not have to put — we might be able to handle the housing issue.”
Maher: ”Fareed Zakaria, in one of his columns, recently said that for the cost of the war, we could’ve had health care for every man, woman and child in America; could’ve rebuilt every road, bridge and school in America; and started multiple Manhattan Projects for alternative energy. Now why doesn’t the Democrat say that, the next time one of them says, ‘The surge is working!’”



 
Oct
07

bailout sign

All photos by Jonathan Bachman

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Sports are supposed to be a distraction; a way for people to forget about the real world for a dozen or so hours a week and worry about things that have little-to-no consequence on their daily lives.

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But at their worst, sports can also be a painful reminder of everything that’s wrong with the world right now. Think about the Saints’ fans in the picture up there. They took the time to make a sign that made a statement — not just to pander to ESPN’s cameras. It was one that reminded us of the troubling reality that is our times and what we assign value to when the times are at their most dire. What are you to tell these fans now after watching last night’s cruel and unusual turn of events?

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