The National Review’s Kathryn Jean Lopez noticed something funny about this Baltimore Sun graphic, which purports to show the power players in “The GOP Universe”:

Look at the fellow in the lower-right corner. According to the Sun, it’s “Bobby Jindal, 37, governor of Louisiana.”

Yes. Well. Um.

The online graphic has been corrected, but as a service to our friends in Maryland, we offer a brief guide to other people who are not the governor of Louisiana:

NOT BOBBY.

STILL NOT BOBBY.

SERIOUSLY, DUDES…SERIOUSLY NOT BOBBY.

…because it sure seems that way.

Sneezes at Rouses, coughs on the streetcar, hoarse voices in the halls. I can hear A&E editor Will Coviello sneezing it up in his office. Listings editor Alex Woodward just got to the place where he’s sorta over-something, but not quite.

I’ve been washing my hands compulsively, taking vitamins, and Purell-ing whenever I think of it…and despite all the precautions I just sneezed a time or two myself.

Do we as New Orleanians not put in our time with nine months of sinusitis and pollen-mold cough? Is that not enough sacrifice for the health gods? What foul new crud infests our city this first week of November? And is everyone around you sick, too?

If you didn’t get enough of Oktoberfest this year, or you just can’t ever get enough of quality brews in a fun atmosphere with plenty of Bavarian food, then head over to Deutsches Haus this Saturday evening for Winterfest.

The party is open to the public and presented by the Crescent City Homebrewers club, so expect a crowd of folks who can dish on the finer points of mashing, sparging and fermentation, plus those of us who just know good beer when we taste it.

Admission ($30 at the gate, $25 in advance online) gets you complimentary home-brewed and commercially-produced beers and wines. There will be live music and Deutsches Haus will serve traditional German food including sausage, potato salad and sauerkraut.

Here’s the link for more information and advance tickets.

– Ian McNulty

Photo lifted from With Leather

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In case you haven’t heard, Hollis Thomas is fashionable. That’s him up there wearing custom-made Spongebob Squarepants  pajamas and sleeping cap. And yes, that is a jewel-encrusted Patrick hanging from his neck. Apparently he has all the characters in jewelry (we’ve noted before that Thomas has a slight obsession with Spongebob).

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What fans may not know, however, is that Thomas is also one of the most vocal players in the Saints locker room and one of the funnest players to interview. He’s also a bit of a smart ass who thinks he knows how sports reporters should dress.

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Photo by Jonathan Bachman

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If you know anything about this Hornets team it really shouldn’t take you long to guess who went ahead and wrote “OBAMA!!!” on the side of their shoe. But in case you’re stumped, I’ll give you a second and the answer is after the jump.

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