I need the day off. No one in their right minds can expect me to get shit all done today.

I heard the Canal St. And Gretna ferry are closed due to not having enough crew. I don't expect mail to be delivered until Ash Wednesday.

ack, msbelle, good luck with the mac wrangling.

ita, loved that parkour animation.

I am wearing black and gold, and gold Mardi Gras beads, and purple eyeliner. And listening to WWOZ. [link]

In conclusion, screaming chickens.

Teppy, can I tag? A perfect summation of the evening.

Totally!

I am wearing black and gold, and gold Mardi Gras beads

We went to my mom's for the game, and she made gumbo and handed out Mardi Gras beads at the door, saying we weren't allowed to have gumbo if we didn't wear the beads.

mac, Buddy, the DS, is so not worth the drama.

Super Bowl-relatedly, I said at one point last night that Manning was off the field so much that they should have just given him a DS while he was on the sidelines. Gotta do something.

What happens when they get caught with them at school? Do they get confiscated there and returned at the end of the day?

I don't think he would take it out in school, but afterschool. And I do not trust them to take it away, MORE though, I fear what he might do if they try to take it away. Friday he got physical with the teacher and they called the security guard. I don't know the extent of it and have to talk to them today.

Hey, ita, did you know they made a Banlieue 13 sequel?

I know! Someone from WX said they might be able to send me a copy, since Netflix doesn't have it.

Mac! Behave!

Someone from WX said they might be able to send me a copy, since Netflix doesn't have it.

It just came out here in SF this week, so I might check LA listings. It's called District 13: Ultimatum.

mac fell asleep, so maybe he is not feeling well. He does not nap regularly.

Coming out of halftime, trailing 10-6, Payton decided to dial up an onside kick. The Saints had worked on it in practice over the past two weeks, but kicker Thomas Morstead was stunned when he was told they were putting it into action right before he took the field.

"I wasn't worried, " Morstead said. "I was terrified."

I might check LA listings

Hmm. One theatre. Why not closer to me? WX guy said he got it on TV.

Yikes.

Tea Party Convention organizer: Tancredo gave 'fantastic speech'

The organizer of the Tea Party Convention says he agrees with Tom Tancredo's description of President Obama as a socialist.

The former congressman from Colorado and 2008 Republican presidential candidate blasted Obama, saying "people who could not even spell the word 'vote', or say it in English, put a committed socialist ideologue in the White House. His name is Barack Hussein Obama."

I believe Tancredo also advocated for a civics-literacy test for people to be allowed to vote.

This may not be the speech or the guy you want giving the speech when you have an movement that some people think has racial undertones. When advocating for a return to Jim Crow laws, it gets a little difficult to complain that people are reading racism into it. Sort of like complaining about reading racism into Dread Scott ruling.