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Monthly Archives: February 2010

08 Feb 2010

Oh, When the Saints…

By roibal , , , , , Doodles 2 Comments

Ball point pen on the morning newsprint ....go marching in When the Saints go marching in Oh lord I want to be in that number When the Saints go marching in! Congratulations to Super Bowl 44 MVP, Drew Brees for leading his New Orleans Saint to victory over the Indianapolis Colts, 31-17. The win marks the Saints first Super Bowl victory. Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday, the last day of carnival before Ash Wednesday, falls on February 16th this year. That gives New Orleans eight days to celebrate. Watch Louis Armrtong play the "When The Saints Go Marching In" ...

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05 Feb 2010

European Union

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Ball point pen on the morning newsprint All eyes are on the European Union. Mounting debt in some small member countries like Greece and Portugal are threatening the Union and causing European markets to free fall...Stay tuned. Doodled from top to bottom: President of Greece Karolos Papoulias and President of Portugal Aníbal António Cavaco ...

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04 Feb 2010

Tim Tebow

By roibal , , , , , , , , Doodles 3 Comments

Ball point pen on the morning newsprint Commercials aired during the Super Bowl have a history of generating more buzz than the game itself. With 90-plus million viewers, ad agencies break out the top guns. This year CBS has agreed to air a controversial anti-abortion, pro-life ad, paid for by the conservative Christian group Focus on the Family. The ad features college football superstar Tim Tebow and his mom Pam Tebow. Tim has led his Florida Gators to their second national championship in three years. Twenty two years ago, while Pam was pregnant, she contracted amoebic dysentery. The prescribed medicines threatened her unborn fetus and doctors advised her to abort the fetus. Pam ignored the doctors advice and gave birth to the future Heisman trophy winner. What are we to conclude? ...

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02 Feb 2010

Oh, What Did You See, My Blue-Eyed Son?

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Ball point pen on the morning newsprint The Deficit for the coming year is eleven percent of GDP and the most optimistic of forecasts project unsustainable debt for at least ten more years. Translation: A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall. I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken, indeed. ...

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01 Feb 2010

Taylor Swift

By roibal , , , , Doodles 2 Comments

Ball point pen on the morning newsprint Taylor Swift won four Grammy Awards last night, including Album of the Year for her second album Fearless. On the red carpet, the twenty year old was gorgeous and composed beyond her years, but I thought her live performance was less than stellar. Not only did she sound off key, but someone forgot to tell Swift that duet etiquette required she be quiet for a verse so we could hear the other singer - poor Stevie Nicks, reduced to singing backup - hmph. Note to producers: More singing acrobats please. Ball point pen on the morning newsprint ...

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