If CNN says it, it’s got to be true! Source: Nagin considering gubernatorial bid New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is seriously considering a Louisiana gubernatorial bid, a political intimate of Nagin tells CNN. Whoa! Hey! Consider that source! What the fuck is a political intimate? Wait, there’s more… At the mayor’s State of the City…
Month: May 2007
Yesterday’s News…Today.
We all know Nagin’s speech was last night. The blogs are talking about it. It’s on the front page of the Times-Picayune. It’s all over the radio. It’s even on the front page of Nola.com, but hey, what’s that other thing on their front page? Do they have a headline posted prominently that announces, “Nagin…
Why Quibble About a Few Extra Miles?
I don’t listen to WWL at night much. I usually catch the a.m. stuff while running errands in the car on weekdays but that’s usually it. So in the interest of full disclosure I must admit that I have never listened to Bob Mitchell before tonight’s show following Nagin’s state of the city speech. And…
The Ghetto Bird is Coming!
You heard Nagin say it tonight. The ghetto bird is coming… “Why, oh why must you swoop through the hood like everybody from the hood is up to no good. You think all the girls around here are trickin up there lookin like Superchicken At night I see your light through my bedroom window But…
The LA/SPCA, Some Vision and Panda
The fiance and I had a chance to check out the new LA/SPCA now located in Algiers and I was quite impressed with it. They have only completed one building but it seems to be very modern and state-of-the-art. Romy and I were able to look at the all the dogs and cats and even…
It’s Like 2006 All Over Again
The Times-Picayune has an article up on Nola.com right now about this year’s coming hurricane season and it does sound like deja vu from last year: Active hurricane season forecast Last year, while folks were filtering back into the city and levees and flood walls weren’t tip top, articles like this were circulating: NOAA PREDICTS…
Liens du Moment 3/22
Sewage and Water Board looking to copyright meter cover utilized by artists and T-shirt shops. Leggo our logo! S&WB asks state to protect emblem Nola.com A great page of Katrina images from Tulane Deptartment of Earth & Environmental Sciences. The diagrams are all well worth checking out as well as the images of levee scour…
Guns Don’t Kill People…
… but they sure are easy to trace. WWL is reporting that the recently-arrested owners of Elliot’s Gun Shop sold firearms that were used in 125 murders and 500 drug-related crimes around the region. More charges are supposedly pending. What I would like to see is the accused be charged with 125 counts of being…
Gretna is Gassy
Probe continues into mysterious odor in Gretna Yea, and it’s wafting over here to The Pernt! Damn near spoiled my morning bike ride! Sure smelled like natural gas. Perhaps this rain will wash it away. Update: The story has been updated and in the comments section there is a great retort on Nola.com copy editing…
Connick DQed! Shearer Wins!
It has come to the attention of The Chicory that one of our two finalists in the “Official Harry of New Orleans” contest was born under the name, Joseph Harry Fowler Connick, Jr., and thereafter performed under the name “Harry Connick Jr.” Though it was an agonizing decision in light of Mr. Connick’s numerous contributions…