There seems to be much hoopla surrounding the Inauguration of Barack Obama and while I certainly see why others may be excited about that, I’m optimistically cautious. He is, indeed, a politician and thus a civil servant and I don’t recall any rock bands playing when I have been hired at the many service jobs…
Category: Meanderings
Mostly unimportant ramblings…
Windsor Ruins
I’ve always been a bit of a Highway 61 nut. I mean, Swaggert got busted in a motel, Bessie Smith died and Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil along this stretch of road. So, it’s got some mystic history about it. I’m into that sort of spooky folklore. Not ghosts so much as…
Miss Alma
Alma R. Watkins After the storm, we had folks leaving and other folks moving in. Among those who moved in was Miss Alma and her mother Myrtle and disabled son Steven who needed at-home supervision. They were great neighbors and I spent many afternoons chatting with Myrtle on her front porch and occasionally dropping her…
Peak of Perfection
At Jackson Square on Saturday, there was a lot of talk about whether the weather was the “peak of perfection” – nothing as good before, nothing as good after. Certainly there were some days in the Spring that could have matched Saturday’s temperature and dryness but then, those vernal days preceded the mad summer. These…
Dey Don’t…
…look like no levees to me! Brad Pitt outweirds lover Angelina with the strangest tattoo yet Brad’s unusual back tattoo comprises groupings of horizontal black lines, with bizarre boxed shapings below. The strangest combination appears to be inspired by a map of the levees in New Orleans, which was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005…
Gang Initiation Snopified
I’ve received this identical message twice in the last week… The Metro Juvenile DA’s office say they have received “credible” information from their Gang prevention unit that there is about to be a major surge in gang initiations over the next few weeks. These initiations involve random shootings that are required to “make it” into…
St. Jude
His name is St. Jude Thaddeus and he is the Patron Saint of the Hopeless. But he looks like St. Barry Gibb Beegee in this picture.
Worst of Craigslist 1
Actual job posting in the Nola Craigslist “writing/editing” section… I am currently seeking someone to wite an academic paper for me. The paper should be 2100 words and its for my management class. The paper has to be in your own words. I will run the paper through a plagirism checker. This assignment should only…
Hurricane Ivan – ‘The One That Missed Us’
There was a time when I wasn’t privy to the smell of a rotten refrigerator or moldy upholstery. I smelled my fair share of thm in the months after Katrina but it wasn’t the first time. While around these parts many consider Hurricane Ivan ‘the one that missed us,’ I unfortunately can’t make that claim….
Madness~!
When I first moved here, I searched for years to find a job either writing or in design. That was where my skills were and that was my career. What I went through in that search is a post for another day. But I recently got the hankering to venture back to my old career…