Normalcy returns

So this is a pretty big week in the realm of the world returning to normal.

First, there was football on TV. Oakland stinks. Aaron Brooks looks like Aaron Brooks. But he really celebrated when the Raiders scored on a pass he shouldn’t have thrown to a receiver who said after the game “I don’t know how I came up with that, I just put my hands out a hoped.” Never mind that you only had to go 23 yards to score Aaron. You rocked that TD pass. You’re a leader. You’re a winner.

That will be my last Aaron Brooks bashing post. Let the Drew Brees bashing begin. I wish the Saints first preseason game was going to televised. How can the networks skip Reggie Bush’s debut? Dummies.

Second, our house is free of house guests for the first time in 11 months. Well, there are two cats left. There were a couple of stretches where we didn’t have folks staying with us, but during that time we always knew there would be more, so we could never get the house back in order. I will kind of miss the computer in the living room. I liked watching TV while posting on the internet. I guess I just need to get a nice laptop.

And…  Today is Leslie’s first day on her new job.  Congrats and good luck!

If you had $60 million, what would you do with it?

  1. Become a professional student. I would go get a Master’s degree and then another, and then another, and so on.
  2. Buy a house Uptown.
  3. Buy everyone a house Uptown.
  4. Travel. Across South America, the U.S., Europe.
  5. Give money to everyone who wanted to go to school, or start their own business.
  6. Buy a house in Venice.
  7. I’d buy a plane so I could visit everyone whenever I wanted to.
  8. Buy the Saints for Kent.
  9. Buy the Sooners for Dave.
  10. Buy Marnie Jake Delhomme.
  11. Buy the aquarium for Jack – and a big boat.
  12. Buy my Mom a newspaper business. Maybe the New York Times.
  13. Buy Beth a Springer Spaniel farm.
  14. And a house on the ocean.

A Loud Color and Holdout

Brent Joseph has released his documentary A Loud Color online. Here’s the summary:

As New Orleans rebuilds, many people are trying to resolve the city’s history of crime and violence. Louis Harding was working on this problem long before the levees broke. Louis spent years trying to open a community center, The Marcus Garvey Resource Center. In 2005, he was finally able to offer his first summer program, then Hurricane Katrina struck and the center was destroyed. Despite the setback, 72-year-old Harding refuses to give up on his mission to combat poverty in New Orleans. While sorting through the debris of his life, Louis discusses the importance of history, heroes, and self-esteem in the black community. He explains how life for African-Americans in New Orleans has changed in the last 50 years and why bringing his dream to life is more important than ever before.

Check it out. Buy the DVD series from NOVAC. It’s only $8.
He also released some information about his upcoming film Holdout, about his Mid-City neighbor who refused
to leave New Orleans before or after the Katrina in order to take care of his 18 pets.

Brent and I went to high school together. He is one of my oldest and dearest friends.

I’m not sure I get it

Saints releasing veteran free safety Dwight Smith
The New Orleans Saints apprised agent Drew Rosenhaus on Thursday that they have abandoned their efforts to trade starting free safety Dwight Smith, one of their steadiest defenders during a dismal 2005 season, and instead will release the veteran defensive back after just one year with the franchise.

Dwight Smith was one of the few bright spots we had on defense last year. Is this to free up more salary for St. Reggie?

This just doesn’t seem like a smart move to me. It seems wasteful.