Just a note to Nola.com, tell your interns and temps to never, ever…ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever put exclamation points in your display text. Especially when, you know, it concerns the end of someone’s career and such.
Author: Varg
Go Now
From this story on the ongoing war of words between Ray and the City Council, Nagin said: “The only thing I can tell you is that I probably have enough energy to get to the end of my term, and then I’m gonna go take a break . . . I need a break from…
Not Doin’ Nuttin’?
Well, I highly recommend an event my friend Soren Vandegaard is participating in in the Bywater… The new New Orleans is a collaborative effort. New Resonance Orchestra is the new New Orleans. Come and Be the Music. Presenting: Rebuilding Appalachian Spring Saturday, November 15, 2008 8:30 pm Tickets are $10 at the door, online at…
Big Bob Says
My friend Biog Bob says in reference to this… Nagin Decries ‘Crude’ Remarks During Meeting …is meant to turn attention toward whether or not Stacy Head is a race-baiter and a potty mouth and away from the issue of budgeting for waste management. And I have to say that I agree with Big Bob. I’d…
O’ The North Shore!
It’s where Chevron moved their offices after Katrina to “reinforces (their) commitment to the greater New Orleans area“, skeered upper class white folks flee to when even Metairie gets too crazy for them and…wait…huh? Krazy Klansmen kill one of their own in a botched initiation ritual? What the shit?! Slain woman was part of KKK…
Darlin’ Don’t Refrain
Tomorrow’s forecast… Rain to hold off for one more day So go outside and see how hard it is to hold a candle.
A Smattering Of Quirky Post Election Links
Everything? Everything! thisfuckingelection.com Akron Obama party ends with gunfire WTAM A large collection of media election maps Kottke A collection of quotes from world leaders BBC.com Synchronized debating! 23/6
Grand Old Problems
How exactly did the GOP screw it all up? Well, it’s a sordid tale. Difficult to really gauge without a dissertation. I’m sure many will be written. But, based on my casual observations I’d like to contribute some things. – Party before country The GOP was so partisan that I even left my own party…
Hey Barack!
Congratulations on your victory. Now, what do you know about flood protection and coastal restoration? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm?
Live Blogging From Varg’s Zenith 27-Inch!
That’s right! All night long I’ll be live blogging from in front of my 27-Inch, 8 year-old Zenith Television set! New posts will be at the top, older stuff at the bottom! ——————————————– 10:05 Obama elected. I can’t believe I heard it on Comedy Central. ——————————————– 8:57 The Chicory has projected that it has no…