It has been a week since the Saints won the Superbowl and I am still excited about it. It is fun to see a team you have rooted for, for a long time win big! It feels like I can relax and continue to enjoy Saints games because the pressure is off them to finally win. Things will be different next year. For one, less games will be on at 12 noon right after Sunday Church. They’ll be more “primetime” and probably have late games if not Sunday or Monday Night Games. There is talk of a Thanksgiving Day game versus the Cowboys. That’d be weird and fun. I’m liking seeing all this Saints gear around town. I’ve never really felt like there was a lot of options to buy Saints stuff. Now, we should see an influx of quality merchandise.

I ordered my Superbowl Championship shirt and I’m waiting for it to come in. I’m very excited about wearing it. It’s the only real chance for a team that I root for to win. My Alma mater doesn’t qualify for a BCS championship nor did any of my high school teams qualify for a state or national championship. I like to watch LSU play, but I don’t really have a vested interest in them winning. I’m happy for the State when they win, but I root for LA Tech most of the time. So, I don’t own any LSU apparel nor do I really care to. I’m happy watching their games and rooting for them most of the time. It’s just all the more enjoyable to see the Saints take home a Superbowl trophy after so many years of mediocrity and worse. It’s neat to see your team and your state be recognized as #1 and not the other guys. So, even a week after all the festivities have died down, I’m still just as excited. I’ve rewatched the game twice this week to really take it in. I hope that they make a run for it next year, but this is a relief and a lot of fun. Who Dat?!

On inauguration day, I watched the outgoing president’s website and then watched the 44th President’s website rollover even before he was even sworn in as President. I was stunned immediately at the noticeable upgrade of design and functionality. I am not a democrat and didn’t vote for Barack Obama. That withstanding, I think that he only helps his presidency by keeping the official website of the President looking modern and user-friendly. It continues to impress and improve.

I am very impressed with the new White House App for the iPhone. It publishes the weekly addresses and the daily press briefings. You can watch the photos that the official photographers take of the First Family. It does so in a clean and professional way. On the whole, I wish I could train and pick the brains of some of the men/women who are responsible for the graphic design and back end building of the this site.

It is not easy to do and to do it where any goof or mistake is noticed and reported is really all the more impressive. If you haven’t looked at the website or the iPhone App, check it out when you get some free time.

The Saints are headed to the SuperBowl after a very close, nail-biter of a game yesterday evening. At the risk of sounding melodramatic, it is really still surreal to think that the Saints, not Cowboys, Eagles, Cardinals, Seahawks or some other NFC team will be fighting for the Lombardi trophy. It is just hard to believe that the former “Aints” are now ready to give it a go at a SuperBowl title.

Some questions that linger in this arm-chair quarterback’s mind are:

• Can the Saints stay focused through the hype and excitement of Pre-SuperBowl? The Colts have been there and done that. Ironically, the last time they were there, the Saints had just lost in the NFC championship to the Bears.
• Can Reggie Bush continue to play physical and upfield in his running style? They say he is healthy and he is obviously playing a more pivotal role in these last 2 games.
• Can the Saints convert on 3rd and short? If they run the ball will they run side to side or pound it up the middle. Will the Saints make good play calls on 3rd downs. It seems like 3rd and short has been more tricky than third and 9 as of late.
• Can the Saints convert turnovers into touchdowns and not just field goals? If you get turnovers against a Peyton Manning-led team, you better make them count. Couldn’t notch all those Vikings turnovers into points in the NFC championship game.
• Will the Saints fall on fumbles and not try to pick them up? Also will they not bail out the Colts with pass interference or roughing the passer calls after seemingly a 3rd down stop.
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I was exposed to Bryn Terfel for the first time during my undergraduate voice study at Louisiana Tech University. There is a short list of singers that I will listen to for fun and Bryn Terfel is one of those singers on my short list. His warm and rich bellow-some sound leaves you wanting more. Whether he’s singing German lieder or American folk songs, Bryn Terfel is just that good. Read more »

Jamie Soles and his family came back to AAPC for a concert during the 2010 Auburn Avenue Pastors Conference. Jamie Soles music is saturated in the stories of the Bible from both the Old and New Testaments. His music narrates biblical stories and themes in catchy and connective ways. Some have called him, “James B. Jordan put to music.” As a young parent, I’m finding them a nice resource as we train our kids in the nurture and admonition in the Lord.

Anyway, here’s the list of the songs he did on January 5, 2010:

1. Psalm 1
2. The Way My Story Goes
3. The Patriarchs
4. Follow the Line
5. Keep the Feast
6. Land of Canaan
7. Nadab and Abihu
8. Korah, Dathan, & Abiram
9. How to Catch a Wife
10. Jerusalem
11. Weaned Child
12. Man Next Door
13. Chariots
14. Bethel
15. Bad Guys, Part 4
16. This Old Man (Revised)
17. Kings of Israel
18. Still Awake in Nazareth
19. Apostles Creed

I like to keep a record of who sang what at the concerts that I go to. Maybe you do to. That’s the reason I thought I’d post this. You can download some of his music on iTunes or order his CD’s from http://www.solmusic.ca