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I didn’t write this, got it via email from a friend who is from and lives in New Orleans. (Thanks, Shawn) Good luck surviving the first quarter…

1. Every time they mention hurricane Katrina, drink 1
2. If they show pictures of the City of New Orleans right after Katrina, drink 1
3. Every time they say how much the Saints mean to the City of New Orleans, drink 1
4. Every time the words “tragedy”, “flood”, or “devastation” are used, drink 1
5. Every time they talk about how good Reggie Bush was in college, drink 3
6. If they show Kim Kardashian in the stands, drink 5
7. Every time they show a picture of Reggie Bush with a bat or say “bringing the wood” drink for 5 seconds.
8. Every time Reggie Bush gets negative yardage trying to run around in the backfield a bunch and outrun the defense, drink 1 and turn to the person next to you and say “I told you Vince Young should have won the Heisman”
9. Every time Reggie Bush gets up and flexes his arms in that pose he likes to do, drink 1
10. If they mention Tim Tebow for any reason, funnel a beer
11. Every time they say that “it’s destiny for the Saints to win”, drink 1
12. If they show footage of Katrina survivors at the Superdome, take a shot of cheap liquor
13. If they call Saints fans the most passionate fans in football, drink 1
14. If they say that the Saints, Saints fans, or the City of New Orleans “deserve” a Superbowl victory, drink 1
15. Every time they say how good of a story the Saints are, drink 1
16. If Jeremy Shockey pretends to be hurt after dropping a pass, drink 2
17. If they mention the Saints beating the Falcons in 2006 in the first game after Katrina in the Superdome, drink 5 and remember that we are still a better football team with better fans.
18. Every time they compare hurricane Katrina to the Haiti earthquake, funnel a beer and yell “bulls*@t!”
19. Every time they mention Drew Brees as the Mardi Gras king, drink 1
20. Every time they show Archie Manning, drink 1, and mention how bad he was. If they show old footage of him on the Saints, drink 5. If they mention how tough of a decision it was for him as for whom to cheer for, drink 10.
21. Every time they show a saints fan yelling “Who dat!” Or a sign/shirt saying the same, drink 1.
22. If they show Chris Paul at the game, drink 1 and mention to someone how much better he is than Marvin Williams.
23. If they show former Mayor Ray Nagin, drink 5 and then punch someone in the face

Other Rules not involving the Saints:

1. Every time they show Eli Manning in the press box, drink 1
2. Every time Pierre Garcon is mentioned with Haiti, drink 1
3. If Brett Favre is mentioned for any reason, drink 1

Some links I’ve picked up around the web over the last couple days. Hope to start doing this here every couple days. Topic could be anything, in no particular order.

• The ubiquity of competition / Seth’s Blog
• Your Most Frequently Asked Running Questions – Answered / zenhabits
• Obama’s bank solution goes too far — and not far enough / The Washington Post
• Underwater, but Will They Leave the Pool? / The New York Times
• Existing Home Sales decline Sharply in December / Calculated Risk
• Apple, Adobe, and Flash / Daring Fireball

I don’t think the message from MA is as loud as the people reporting the news would like you to think. Don’t get me wrong, a Republican Senator in Ted Kennedy’s seat is a big deal, but in this case there at least two were contributing factors.

First, MA already has mandated health insurance. If I’m not mistaken it’s the only state that does. So why would the voters want to pay higher national taxes for something they already get from their state? There’s a reason right there to vote against the Democrat and … national health care reform.

Second, Martha Coakley just didn’t seem too bright. MA people are generally well educated and can spot an idiot. In this case, it wasn’t too hard.

From the way the news readers would have you think, the Republicans now have a majority in the Senate. It’s still 41-59 folks, maybe filibuster proof, but nowhere near a majority.

Disclaimer: I really shouldn’t talk about politics here. I know enough to act like I know what I’m talking about, but not enough to really know what I’m talking about.

Two more 2009 releases that that I definitely missed in my top 15. Can’t get enough of either lately.

• Florence + The Machine – Lungs :: Every track is good, most tracks are great!
• Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros – Up From Below :: Good stuff, heard it first on SIRIXM U and been listening to it a lot lately.

Posted some videos at jimgraham.tv over the last week or so, Kiss with a Fist and Home.

I was just going to tweet this but my thought got too long. Then I was going to post it to jimgraham.tv, but I thought, why not use the real blog.

As much as I like Conan, which is exponentially more than I like Leno, this is probably the right move by NBC. Conan is liked by smart people who use the internets, which is why you have the huge online I’m with Coco movement. Leno is liked by people that actually watch late night television. The best thing us Conan fans could’ve done was watch The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien for the last six months; which obviously most of us did not do. Look on the bright side, now Conan gets a $30 million payout and we get to not watch him on Fox soon.