Unbelievable

I find it hard to believe that there weren't 53 players that were better than Jason David. How on earth did he make the team? What is coach seeing? I guess now we hope for the rest of the team to remain injury free so he can't see the field. Because Jason David sucks.

Counting Minutes

till 4 PM on Saturday. Because that is when Jason David better get cut.

Remembering

I was always obsessed with New Orleans, even when I lived there. I am not sure how I live anywhere else. Three years ago today, Katrina made landfall in Louisiana. The effects of the hurricane were bad to be sure, but the negligence of the Army Corps of Engineers caused widespread flooding and the death of hundreds. They have not yet been held accountable for this. I will still remember New Orleans as it was, and I will hope for a better future. I will love New Orleans no matter what she looks like. But I will always hate the Army Corps of Engineers for what they have not done.

Modeling

I haven't checked the historical accuracy of the forecast models, but many of these scenarios would be bad for New Orleans.

I don't know if the archdiocese closed Our Lady of Prompt Succor or if Sally Glassman did her thing this year, but divine intervention is not necessarily a bad thing.

Go away, Gustav. We no likey you.

No Flipping Way

Doesn't General O'Dell know that Mayor Nagin just won an award for Excellence in Recovery? Those guys in Washington are stupid.

Nice Summary

Thanks, Biloxi Sun Herald. This is pretty much dead on. I always wondered why there were flood walls...

Jason David Doesn't Allow Big Play

According the neworleanssaints.com, Jason David made a (gasp) tackle for no gain in the third quarter!

CB Jason David then came up in run support and tackled Perry for no gain and the Saints again halted the Bengals and forced a punt.

Way to go! I will watch the game later on DirectTv to carefully ascertain the level of sucking coming from #42.

And again I ask where is Shockey? It's starting to look like the Giants got rid of some damaged goods.

Joe Biden?

I like Barack Obama. He's young, he inspires, and he is charismatic. On the other hand, I find Joe Biden abrasive, obnoxious, and entrenched. I would rather see Obama choose someone as VP with his similar qualities and who can also move people to change. Joe Biden doesn't strike me as this kind of person. There's a reason that Joe Biden puts feelers out every 4 years and then doesn't get the votes necessary to become a real presidential candidate.

I sure wish John Edwards hadn't nailed Rielle Hunter.

Someone is lying

My bet is that its Warren Riley. Again, no one in the city or responsible for the city has any idea what is going on during his or her watch. How can the police who are housing criminals not have a record of their arrest? That simply doesn't make sense. And armed forces should not be allowed to arrest citizens ever. That can only lead to revolution, dissent, and ill-will (see also South America).

Better was the young man climbing a ladder and trying to harm one of the crime cameras. Luckily, no one manning the camera was able to contact officers in the time it took the young man (or two) to walk down the street with the ladder, set it up, climb it and do whatever it is he did to the camera. That's the more worrying story. If the cameras aren't monitored, what's the point?

Please be wrong

Weather.com:


Accuweather.com:


Weather Underground (5 day forecast):

National Hurricane Center

Computer Models

Anxiousness

I dropped George off for his first day at daycare. I didn't think it would be so hard to leave him. I feel like I don't know what to do now. I am glad Ms. Janet could tell I was nervous. "Everything's going to be ok, dad," she said. "There's no reason to be nervous." That sort of worked, but I think it will get easier with the passing of some time.

Luckily, my lovely wife hired a professional organizer to come over today to help me clean my office. I hope I can focus on what he's telling me instead of wondering what the boy is up to. I know he's going to be fine, but it's not him that I am worried about.

Finally

A use for junk mail. Combined with Google's street views and on the ground verification, this seems like it might work better than some of the other estimation systems.

Please make it happen

I understand that companies who have to come to your house to do installation work (DirecTV for the Saints games!) need some flexibility to schedule multiple calls on the same day. You gotta make money. But the first call of the day always seems to run late, messing up the rest of the day's schedule.

Once, just once, can't I be the person who gets to go first?

Prediction: George will have a complete and total meltdown when the doorbell rings.

Jason David Sucks

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UPDATE:
Jason David sucks. Jason David sucks. Jason David sucks. Jason David sucks. Jason David sucks. Jason David sucks. Jason David sucks. Jason David sucks. Jason David sucks. Jason David sucks. Jason David sucks. Jason David sucks. Jason David sucks. Jason David sucks. Jason David sucks. Jason David sucks.

UPDATE 2: Jason David knows that Jason David sucks. Gary Gibbs says, ""He certainly is someone who doesn't need to be exposed." If he's on the field, he's exposed. Apparently, it's all about technique. His technique is to let the opposing player catch the ball and score touchdowns. He knows he needs to improve in this area of play.


Idea stolen from Ashley Morris.

Curious Coinciding Events

One of Brian's favorite blogs to read was that of Leroy Sievers at npr.org. Leroy also had cancer, and he, too, passed away over the weekend. He wrote nearly daily about his fight, and if you get a chance to read some of his work, it's moving and honest and human. May he rest in peace.

I'm not the only one

John DeShazier had a nice little online chat today on nola.com. And my question got through.

Screen Capture:

This is Cool

The Sounds of New Orleans.

My wishlist -
The sound of the Superdome with the voice of Jerry Romig somewhere in there.
A streetcar passing.
The voice of anyone selling greens fees at City Park.
"How Ya Gonna Clap"
A float and a band passing on the street
St. Augustine's Marching 100
Any conversation in Bucktown
Listening to a Saints Game on the radio (with all the background noise)
A crawfish boil (burner on, conversation, etc.)

Saints Thoughts

Negative:
Jason David is by far the worst defensive back I have seen play football in person. That includes flag football. Toi Cook has been redeemed. The best line I heard last night about his play was this - he's so bad that he couldn't cover a queen size bed with a king size sheet.

There is no way he should make the team in any capacity. He needs to go play in the CFL or one of the arena leagues. I don't think he's good enough for NFL Europe even.

Sometimes when coaches make a mistake, they have a hard time admitting it (Haslett and Brooks, anyone?). Yes, Jason David made one good play last year against his old team in the first game of the season. That was enough to get him a spot for the season. Last night, the Houston Texans threw the majority of their passes to the left side of the field because that was where #42 was. I would do it, too. On at least one occasion, he missed a tackle, too.

Personally, I think Jason David sucks. I hope that Coach thinks the same thing. My voice wouldn't make it through the first regular season game.

UPDATE: BayouBuzz quote I agree with:

If the Saints best cornerback, Mike McKenzie, was healthy, David wouldn't still be on the roster. Until McKenzie returns, the Saints are allowing him to play himself off the team.

Come on back, Mike!

Positive:
Colston can catch anything. Reggie was pretty exciting. Deuce is the man always and forever. It's good to have him back.

I met Chef Who Dat last night, the Mayor, and Hana Morris.

So we lost a meaningless pres-season game. It was a good warm-up.

Lessons Learned:

Riding to the Superdome with the Black and Gold Patrol is awesome (they even gave me a pair of Shrimp Boots!!!). People up and down St. Charles an all around the Dome were excited. However, drinking a bottle of Old New Orleans Rum before the game makes the ride home a bit of an adventure.

Cliette can ride with the best of them.

Losing a pedal is not the end of the world. Neither is getting a flat. Brian would have had some fun with that situation.


It was sad to walk by Brian's old perch and not see him there.

Brian's Writing

Brian was a great storyteller. He could spin a yarn like no one I know, carefully pulling out the details to reveal the story at a slow and intriguing pace. The punch line was always worth the wait.

Years ago, he and some of his friends had a website with some of their stories. In a bizarre metaphor, it no longer exists in its original state but it is still around if you know where to look.

Last night at dinner, Dillyberto and I were discussing the old Brian stories. He went home and used the internet archive to locate some of Brian's old stories. He used the awesome pseudonym Frank Rizzo. There are stories of life on an oil rig, imagined conversations, rants, random thoughts, etc. I remember reading these stories years ago and waiting with baited breath for the next one to come along. There are too few here, but they are worth reading from time to time.

It's Over

Brian Bordelon passed away this morning. Besides being a respected computer instructor, a golfer, an award winning English and science teacher, a paramedic, a writer, a JazzFest enthusiast, a blogger, a Saints fan, a fantasy football commissioner, and many other things, he was also my best friend. That's the part that I will miss the most.

My thoughts and prayers go out to his amazing wife, his family, his friends, and his grandfather in their time of loss.

The End

Brian's health has taken a serious turn. It is doubtful that he will recover, and things are grim. I have story upon story I could tell about my friend, but most of them are only appropriate for me and Brian. While I am sad and hope for the best, I know it is only a matter of time before I get the call and make the trek down to South Louisiana for the funeral of a man who died too young. I am thankful that I had the chance to know Brian, and I am glad that baby George and Brian had an opportunity to meet each other.