Thanksgiving was awesome. I watched all three football games with two rounds of turkey. The neighbors had a feast lined up in which I partook in turkey, two kinds of mac and cheese and apple pie.
The best part was the apple pie. Kelly made three of them. I had two pieces Thursday, two Saturday and one Sunday. It was the best pie I've ever eaten.
Bert's cousin and her family also came. Her 3-year-old was full of energy and best the crap out of Jacob and me. We then colored together. Here's my work:
Other notes
-- My new catchphrase I've been using is "Get some."
-- It's been difficult to stop using Hornets when referring to the local professional basketball team. I recently stopped mixing it up, but I hear people quite often calling the Pelicans the Hornets. My response is now always: "The Hornets don't play until next year."
-- I learned that Metairie means "small tenant farm" in French. Property owners up until the early 1900s paid their "mortgage" with produce. Shit, I can grow tomatoes. That would be much cheaper than my monthly payment.
-- Some songs when they come on remind me of the movie they were prominently featured in. Whenever "Paradise City" comes on, like it did on my iPod the other day, I can only think of William Lichter in "Can't Hardly Wait."
-- Also a joy on the iPod is hearing a song I haven't heard in years, especially one that had become so overplayed that it became universally disliked. But now, it's likeable again. That happened with Smash Mouth's "All-Star" last week. All that glitters is gold indeed. Get some.
THE TINA CURSING CORNER
My mom watched an extra scene on the DVD of season 5 of Breaking Bad. She asks me if Kelly has viewed the scene. Me: What do you think?
Mom: Fuck if I know.
IS THE PRESIDENT ALIVE?
I recently watched "Olympus has Fallen" and "White House Down" in the same week. So which tale of the White House getting taken over by a small army trying to arm nuclear bombs while one man foils the plot is better? Hmmm.
Olympus: Jeremy Renner is better than Channing Tatum. The plot is better. It's a tighter story as Down is way too long.
Down: The use of the child is far superior. The bad guys are more fun and have many funny lines. But it's all just too much. There are like 20 explosions in the White House and too many gun battles where nobody dies. Jamie Foxx is a better president, and it's a more educational film with many White House facts (it was once called The Presidential Palace).
The motives in Down are much more confusing. And the twist is just there to have a twist. It's worthless really. My answer to which is better: Down was a bit more fun overall, but if I had to watch one of them again, it would be Olympus.
But neither is as good as a four-episode story in Season 7 of 24 where the exact same thing happens. Give me Jack Bauer anyday of the week.
SAINTLY SIGHTINGS
I haven't written about the Saints in a while. Here's what I've been thinking.
1. The Saints haven't scored a touchdown in the second half in four of the past five games. Yikes.
2. One thing being ignored in the Saints struggles is that the receivers can't get open. How many times has Brees dropped back to pass, had loads of time and then even more time and yet had no one to throw to, except the time he threw it to a 49er? Several times a game.
He throws the ball away. You would think someone could break open after all that time. But no. So stop blaming just the offensive line for everything.
3. The penalty on Ahmad Brooks a few weeks ago for hitting Brees in the neck and chin got a lot of media attention. A lot. But here's what wasn't said: The hit should have been avoided.
Brees made the wrong read on the play, looking for Sproles, who didn't break open. By the time Brees realized this, he turned back to see his other options. As he turned, Brooks whacked him. Brooks was going to hit Brees clean until Brees turned into Brooks' hit. Bad luck for Brooks.
But Brees could have avoided the whole thing if he had read the play correctly. Look at how open Graham is out of his break.
Oops. The closest defender is off screen but not that close. And that is taken after Graham had taken three steps across the field with no defender there.
4. If the Saints win the rest of their games in a dome this season, they will win the division and get a bye. Then they will win the divisional playoff game at home. So keep winning in domes equals NFC championship game. Maybe Seattle will be upset before then.
5. Pierre Thomas continues to be the most underrated player in franchise history even as people keep agreeing with that statement.
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