It’s a commercial, and I LOVE it.

Yesterday, I went to lunch with my husband at a local deli-like establishment.  While in line, a woman in front of me, looked at the jersey I was wearing, and clasped her hand in front of her chest and said, “Oh, I am SO SORRY for you. Gosh, The Madden Curse!!!  I REALLY hope nothing bad happens to Brees.”

I said I wasn’t worried at all.   First of all, the SI cover curse never caused us any problems last season.   She nodded knowingly.  Then I added, “It’s good, really.  NO problems.  I have a really great voodoo doll.”

She looked at me quizzically.  Then, after a brief, awkward silent pause, we proceeded to discuss how well we thought Detroit did in the NFL draft.

Meanwhile, my husband was behind me, burying his head into his hands.

The odd thing about this, is that it isn’t really very odd to me.

Behind the scenes at the Ellen Show, yesterday, Drew Brees spoke from the heart:

http://www.wdsu.com/video/22537645/

to tell you about the military fly-over that skirted right down the street, between the buildings in advance of the parade!!!

I have never, ever seen a flyover for a mardi gras parade, so that was something new.