The Chic’s going through a little maintenance right now so things may be a tad jacked up for a few days.
Month: June 2010
The Harrowing Huey P.
This page has a time lapsed video of the first piece of truss going up on the Huey P. Long Bridge widening project. I’m a little sad. I think during the next thunderstorm, I’m going to get in my car and drive to the Huey P., sit at the bottom, wait for a freight train…
A Post Titled ‘Damn’
Bad Astronomy Blog at Discover.com
An Exasperated Douglas Brinkley
I have been listening to Tom Ashbrook’s “On Point’ show out WBUR in Boston for a while now. It normally features a range of timely and cerebral topics and Ashbrook and the staff at On Point have been kind to New Orleans over the years. Last week they focused on leadership in the aftermath of…
‘Hundreds of Barges With Big Suction Pumps. Take Supertankers and Cruise Them Back and Forth and Back and Forth’
Former president of Shell Oil, John Hofmeister was on Meet The Press this morning and said… With respect to the cleanup, I think it’s been ham-handed. It’s been just awful. To use booms and, and mops and dispersants and burning and so forth, skimming with shrimp boats, where’s the imagination and the scale? One of…
Popular Mechanics and My Pants
Saw this in everyone’s favorite magazine next to National Geographic, Popular Mechanics… How Unleashing the Mississippi Could Protect the Louisiana Coast Last week, G. Paul Kemp, a former professor of marine science at Louisiana State University and current vice president of the National Audubon Society’s Louisiana Coastal Initiative, sent a memo to the Environmental Protection…
Lance Moore’s Ring
That’s pretty damn tight. Click for a larger version. And in case anyone forgot, here’s a pic of Lance earning that ring…
You Are Now About To Witness The Strength of The Meters
Recently dug into a few pages that demonstrate the wide effect The Meters’ had on ’80s hip hop sampling… The Greatest Hip Hop Samples of All Time #21: Look-ka Py Py The Greatest Hip Hop Samples of All Time #8: Cardova The T.R.O.Y. Blog: The Meters – Samples Volume 1 The T.R.O.Y. Blog: The Meters…
More “Not What We Want”
So let’s see, the list now is … – Red light cameras – DUI checkpoints – Placard reentry and now… Street musician curfew enforcement
‘An Uncanny Inner Gyro’
The master ofFre Flo Do is now guided by “an uncanny inner gyro” … On the football field, New Orleans Saints running back Reggie Bush has almost always found the right way. Guided by an uncanny inner gyro, he has dodged, ducked, juked or sprinted his way past defenders throughout his career. New Orleans Saints’…