I just had to get that out - The Saints are going to the NFC Championship game for the first time in their 40 year history. As a young boy, I remember their first seasons and it's been a long rough ride. I was all prepared to be disappointed like I've been before but it seems as though the drought is over. Oh, they've had some good teams in the past but they only won one playoff game before and have only had like 3 or 4 playoff games total. Why am I writing about football in a home recording blog? Because it's my blog, damnit and besides that, after U2 and Green Day's mini concert before the Saint's home opener against Atlanta, I've contributed half of the earnings of my website to the Musing Rising project that gives instruments to musicians and children in the Gulf area stricken by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. I mean, the Saints got their name from the song, "When the Saints Come Marching In" and New Orleans is the birthplace of jazz.
    On a more serious note, the recovery effort is still underway in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast. I was in New Orleans in August of last year and I was amazed and saddened by how little had been done. It's like a war zone. No one is on the streets in the neighborhoods like before the disaster and it seemed as though about 80% of the homes were either abandoned or destroyed. And that wasn't even in the worst hit areas of town. Those of you who hear people talk about the devastation and reconstruction can't fathom it unless you walk the streets and see it for yourself.  Please keep these people and the city of New Orleans in your hearts.
    Back to football - Seattle plays Chicago for the last berth in the NFC Championship and I'm hoping Seattle can pull out a miracle. I don't think the boys would do well going to Chicago in the middle of January. The Seahawks are banged up, especially in their secondary, but they are a very good team regardless. I think Brian Urlacher is probably one of the best middle linebackers to play the game but I hope Rex Grossman has a stinker of game. He's shown that he is capable of it so I'm crossing my fingers.
   
   

 

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