Decorative Afternoon



We spent the afternoon decorating the front of the house for Mardi Gras. I'll put a full picture up once it's finished; we're not sure it's enough yet. People decorate in New Orleans for Mardi Gras; the Christmas stuff comes down and the MG stuff starts going up. It's a little hard to be tasteful about it; it's a celebration of excess after all, and the MG colors are purple, green and gold! There are all kinds of stories about how those came to be the colors of MG and what they stand for, but I read once that those were the three colors that they could get enough of one year, and it stuck. Whatever the true story is, it makes for a glitzy holiday!


Super Bowl Security

The Super Bowl is a National Special Security Event this year, which puts it on the level of a presidential inauguration or a full meeting of the United Nations with regards to security. The Secret Service is overseeing everything and the FBI and local officials are also involved; millions are being spent. The closest any vehicles will get to the Dome on Sunday, is two blocks; everyone, including the commisioner of the NFL will walk at least that distance through all the security checks. (All though something tells me there will be a VIP line somewhere...) The Mississippi River will be patrolled on Sunday by the Coast Guard, and there is a "no fly zone" in the area of the Super Dome. In fact, today while we were working on the front of the house, fighter jets flew over several times, as well as a number of Coast Guard helicopters, apparently in rehearsal for Sunday. I find this all rather...amazing.



Trashy News

Noelle Bush


Jeb Bush's daughter Noelle was arrested for prescription fraud, in case you hadn't heard. Her mug shot was plastered all over the news, but this one, from CNN's web site has to be the worst looking version of that mug shot! Poor thing...