Category: Haps

H/T American Zombie Doing my part and reposting, 60 Minutes, Anderson Cooper, Who ever the hell else need to come down here and talk to Mr. Matherne and any others. There is nothing in the philosophies of Milton Friedman’s twisted disciples that accounts for Clayton Matherne.

I am doing it. I was going to write out a whole post but now it all just seems to be coming out over here… Law banning sales of prints at Jackson Square is in trouble Twelve comments in and the word “thugs” has not been mentioned yet. I actually am not super passionate about…

The Mardi Gras costume market mess: a post-mortem and editorial The best way to achieve it is for the city to communicate clearly with artists and vendors — and to make sure city fees don’t outstrip people’s ability to pay. From the last line of the story, the “communicating clearly” part. It doesn’t happen. I…

I had been sleeping about an hour and a half and my wife and I woke up to hear these 12 – 14 shots. There was six and then a few moments went by and then there were several more. Loud. The dog was going crazy. Neighbors were out on their porches. One called a…

Guys in New Orleans are unhealthy… but happy From now on, that’s what I am going to say when folks from out of town ask me how I’m doing.

Algiers meeting tonight will focus on Crescent City Connection tolls and ferries So some neighbors and I went to this meeting last night. The “sunset” of the tolls was discussed along with how everything like the CCC police, landscaping, maintenance and the ferries are going to be paid for after. The nagging feeling I had…

I had the pleasure waking up Monday morning and having to get dressed and out the door by 9:30 a.m. This after a day at the Square making mad $35 cash, then heading over to a Super Bowl party in Rosalie Alley and being subjected to a rapist-turned-Jesus freak quarterback and two Eminem commercials, then…

Jindal bans ingredients in fake bath salts Sold openly, snorted or injected, they often send users to ERs Whoa. Okay that’s a difficult metaphor but let me explain. Jello Biafra wrote, “For every prohibition you create you also create an underground.” And the bloody coat hangers are what the more ardent Pro-Choice activists use as…

From Da Gambit… d.b.a. quits smoking in 2011 The Frenchmen Street bar and music venue d.b.a. is going smoke free as of Jan. 3, 2011. It’s not the first local venue to do so. Tipitina’s does not allow smoking, and other Frenchmen venues that kicked the habit include Snug Harbor, Three Muses and The Maison….