Category: Meanderings

Written shortly after returning home from Katrina evacuation … So many people forget that the Friday before Aug. 29, 2005 Katrina’s forecast led her to Apalachicola, Fl. Then suddenly, they drew her path a few hundred miles west, right at us. I finished refinishing the floors to our dining room and living room and we…

A fella on an online messageboard I frequent created a thread touting the fact that he was accepted into the University of Florida graduate school program for industrial and systems engineering. I replied to his post by saying he could come on over here and fix our levees when he graduates. His response? “There’s no…

… for my tendency to rely on electronic media. See, I haven’t read the Gambit in weeks. I read Nola.com instead of the Times-Picayune (the Web site is a sorry excuse for the real thing I know). Offbeat? I grab it when I see it. Where’ Yat? Where Y’aint! Yes, I get my news from…

I got all upset when I noticed the custom made street signs I created for my block were torn down recently. I was all set to call the local DirecTV service (whom I assumed had perpetrated the act since their signs were recently added in the same spot) when I noticed that the city had…

Today I overheard someone on the phone say New Orleans was “getting better.” Then I heard on the radio that tourism was picking up. Then when I came home, Fema had come by and cleared out the lot behind my house. And I thought that maybe that someone was right, and the tide was turning….

I really love listening to WTUL. I love their variety. I love their local music. I love their Indie. I love that I can hear a Spanish version of “Desolation Row,” followed by Interpol, followed by Rebirth. Now if the DJs could give it a little more effort that would be greeeaaat. I realize these…

All I ever wanted to do was write and/or edit for a media outlet. It didn’t have to be anything fancy. Just an avenue for myself and other like-minded people to better the world through our collaborative creative efforts. I had the opportunity to write for and edit a weekly paper for four years and…

How much did the High-Occupancy Vehicle lane going over the Crescent City Connection cost? I’m betting it was expensive. The engineering, the civic planning, the beurocracy. It had to be quite a task to get this expanse conceived and created. Why then, might I ask, is it virtually impossible to find the entrance to the…