Saints v. A Sinner

Tonight is the last preseason football game for the New Orleans Saints. The Superdome, where the so-called game will be played, is just about walking distance from my house. Tens of thousands of Saints fans will be streaming in to watch guys play, most of whom are not going to be on the team next week when the season really begins for the Saints in Green Bay, WI. I will not be one of the many who will watch the game tonight primarily because of the reasons I wrote about in a previous blog post.

But that is not the only reason. I am playing a gig tonight at a local coffee house. Imagine my effrontery to think that anyone would want to come hear me play my music when the Saints are playing football, even if those players will no longer be Saints in a few days. I guess that qualifies me as a "sinner" in the eyes of Who Dat? Nation. Don't get me wrong. I am a football fan (though, I hope, not a fanatic). It's just my life is not ruled by the NFL schedule, except when playoff time comes around. Then I will be proud to be Saint, although I will always be a sinner.