Posts tagged: Saints

Why do they call it Mardi Gras?

“Mardi Gras” is French for  “Fat Tuesday.”  Traditionally, it is the last day for Catholics to indulge—and often overindulge—before Ash Wednesday starts the weeks of fasting that come with Lent.  Formally known as Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras has long been a time of extravagant fun for European Christians.  In fact, some people think Mardi Gras [...]

Tuesday February 16th, 2010 in , , , | Comments Off

Wild Weekend

The morning game was as predictable as indigestion after eating fast food.  The afternoon game however sloppy it was, was epic.  The teams were very evenly matched and answered scores with scores and mistakes with mistakes.  In the end, the 3 Minnesota stars, Favre, Harvin, and Peterson committed turnovers that cost their team it’ dream [...]

Monday January 25th, 2010 in , , , , | 1 Comment »

Early Superbowl?

I think the matchup Sunday between the Minnesota Favres’ and the Naw’lins Breeze will be better than any possible Superbowl. With all the story lines out there, I am just content to watch two of the best offenses sling it out. Go Saints! Let’s send Brett to an [early?] retirement. I hope there’s another great [...]

Saturday January 23rd, 2010 in , , , , , , | Comments Off