Google “Movies about boxers” and dozens of titles come up. Google “Operas about boxers” and one title appears. Google “Movies about gay boxers” and there are still a half-dozen titles. Google “Operas about gay boxers” and the same title that popped up before reappears. That opera is Champion by New Orleans native and multiple Grammy Award winner Terence Blanchard which New … [Read more...] about Champion Terence Blanchard
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Similarities link Super Bowl wins by Eagles and Saints
NEW ORLEANS — The Philadelphia Eagles’ 41-33 victory in Super Bowl LII on Sunday was reminiscent of the New Orleans Saints’ victory in Super Bowl XLIV. In both cases a team that was expected to be good but not necessarily Super Bowl material prior to the season emerged as the NFL’s best team in the regular season, went into the championship game as an underdog because it was … [Read more...] about Similarities link Super Bowl wins by Eagles and Saints
Original Saints play-by-play announcer Al Wester dies
The original Voice of the Saints is gone. Al Wester, who served as play-by-play voice of the Saints on radio from 1967-70, died Wednesday in New Orleans after a brief illness. He was 93. In those first four years, Wester called two plays that to this day remain among the most significant in Saints history – the opening 94-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by John Gilliam in … [Read more...] about Original Saints play-by-play announcer Al Wester dies
World AIDS Day
December 1 marked the 29th annual World AIDS Day. Since its inception in 1988, World AIDS Day is an opportunity for people around the world to raise awareness about HIV / AIDS, to support those living with HIV, and to remember those who have succumbed to the disease. The idea for the annual day began with James W. Bunn and Thomas Netter, who in 1987, worked for the Global … [Read more...] about World AIDS Day
Training Flexibility: The Final Piece to the Puzzle
Placing the final piece in a puzzle brings the picture to life. Each intricate shape is linked together and plays an important role in the overall image. Like a puzzle, our choice to train in Flexibility could be the missing link in your wellness journey of cardio and strength training. Flexibility is the range of motion of your joints or the ability of your joints to move … [Read more...] about Training Flexibility: The Final Piece to the Puzzle
LSU’s 2018 football schedule loaded with challenges
In between sips of your favorite libation while awaiting the parade to arrive, I bet you might have been a part of the talk along the parade route about how the LSU Tigers may fare for the upcoming football season. My response to the question duplicates my mom’s answer to a question I may have had an a adolescent. “We’ll see.” No one really knows since it’s too early in the … [Read more...] about LSU’s 2018 football schedule loaded with challenges
ZERO SUM GAME
ZERO SUM GAME “If you are not with me you are against me” Zero Sum Game. “If you do not accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior you cannot have salvation” Zero Sum Game. “If you are for gun control you want to take away all guns and destroy the Second Amendment” Zero Sum Game. “If I am right you must be wrong” Zero Sum Game. Zero Sum Game leaves no room for middle ground and has … [Read more...] about ZERO SUM GAME
Still No Arrest in Gay Bar Firebombing
Still No Arrest in Gay Bar Firebombing It has been four months since Circo, a popular gay bar in San Juan, Puerto Rico, was firebombed in what was apparently a vicious hate crime. No arrests have been made and the investigation appears to be at a standstill. On Saturday, October 28, 2017, a group of masked persons dressed in all black attacked the gay club by throwing … [Read more...] about Still No Arrest in Gay Bar Firebombing
Donald Trump, Ronald Reagan, and Robert Frost
Donald Trump, Ronald Reagan, and Robert Frost When candidate Trump first proposed building a wall along the Mexican border, the old English Professor in me immediately thought of Robert Frost’s poem, “Mending Wall.” Then the old political observer in me thought of Ronald Reagan’s famous line at the Berlin Wall: “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.” Frost opens his poem with … [Read more...] about Donald Trump, Ronald Reagan, and Robert Frost
The Gay Easter Parade Is Coming
The Gay Easter Parade is set for 4:30 p.m. April 1, 2018 and will feature 47 units, including 29 carriages, wagons, and trolleys, 7 convertibles, 2 bands, and 11 walking groups. Additionally, it will pay tribute to parade founders Rip and Marsha Naquin DeLain as well as honor past Parade grand marshals. The Parade will route through the French Quarter and highlighting fashion … [Read more...] about The Gay Easter Parade Is Coming
