Saturday, January 27, 2007

Cheers and Jeers: Hurricane, New Orleans Style

Cheers and Jeers: Hurricane, New Orleans Style
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Ingredients:
• 1 oz White rum
• 1 oz Jamaican Rum
• 1 oz Bacardi 151 proof rum
• 3 oz Orange juice with pulp
• 3 oz unsweetened Pineapple juice
• 1/2 oz Grenadine
• Crushed Ice
Mixing instructions:
Combine all ingredients, mix well (shake or stir). Pour over crushed ice in Hurricane glass. Best enjoyed through small straw… Garnish with fruit wedge if desired.

Cheers: To Mighty Mike. It is a privilege to be called from the bullpen to assume operational control of Cheers and Jeers for the next few months. Thank you and safe journey. In the power vacuum left by the lack of sandwich, beware of your mortal enemy ham.

Jeers: To a slow week in sports. The Superbowl pre-game hype is the main item on the agenda.

The match-up is curious one. Mighty and I have gone back and forth on the details and here is the result:
Total Offense: Advantage = Colts
Running Attack: Advantage = Da Bears
Passing: Advantage = Colts

Defense: Advantage = Da Bears
Special Teams: Advantage = Da Bears.

Pick???? Da Bears. This is the year of the National League (Go Cards) and the NFC.

Cheers: To two African-American NFL coaches in the Superbowl. BSD has discussed the lack of diversity amongst NFL head coaches. Both coaches provide fantastic role models, and both are well spoken, classy individuals.

Cheers and Jeers: To the City of New Orleans. Never in my life have I seen a city ripe with contradiction. Today I saw the devastation inside a US city that I never hope to witness again in my lifetime. The tourism industry has re-opened along brokwn windows, FEMA trailers, and scars of a proud city. Residents of this city were smiling while picking up the pieces of their mangled homes and neighborhoods. New Orleans is a ghost town. It waits to see if residents will return and rebuild the community.

On a lighter note... please enjoy this picture.

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