Though I am mostly a pinko liberal when it comes to most things government related, I have always made it a point to tout my harshly libertarian views on liquor laws (and, among closer friends, vice laws altogether). I have often wanted to create and propagate a “from my cold dead hands” slogan for those…
Month: May 2011
China’s Longest Bridge in the World
Say Hello to the future, “longest bridge in the world:” Sorry Causeway, though you are a Modern Marvel…
Afternoon Sermon
Afternoon Sermon May 23, 2011 (humid still, though less so) Gospel: By Edwin Arlington Robinson a poet and Pulitzer Prize winner Whenever Richard Cory went down town, We people on the pavement looked at him: He was a gentleman from sole to crown, Clean-favoured and imperially slim. And he was always quietly arrayed, And he…
New Orleans Bucket List
Where? Where can I water ski behind an old school F-14 Tomcat in GNO? Is this on the lake? The river? They must be doing this on the North Shore. I must do this now! Oh, right, I just need to click on the ad.
This Story Never Gets Old
Where have I heard this one before? NBA’s Grizzlies inspired by fans in flooded Memphis Memphis, Tennessee (CNN) — People thought that as bad the Memphis Grizzlies NBA franchise has mostly been since moving from frosty Vancouver to this steamy Southern locale 10 years ago, it would be hell or high water before they ever…
Less of a Point
Our neighborhood assosciation, the APA sent an e-mail out this morning showing the area mentioned by Susan Macclay of the West Bank levee district in yesterday’s press conference with Mitch Landrieu. The spot here in blue described yesterday by Macclay as having a very real possibility of flooding and being reclaimed by the river. The…
9-1-What?
New Orleans 911 calls languish for minutes because of short staffing, report says Just a few haps from the 4th… Last Sunday night around 10:45, a security guard working in Algiers Point noticed a man looking into the windows of a house on Opelousas avenue. The security guard called 911 and…no answer. Also recently, a…
Sermon for the Sun
May 7, 2011 ‘partly cloudy, medium temps with swampiness’ Gospel: ‘Ah Sunflower’ by William Blake An English Poet + Illustrator Written in 1794 Ah! sunflower, weary of time, Who countest the steps of the sun, Seeking after that sweet golden clime Where the traveller’s journey is done; Where the youth pined away with desire, And…
sermon for the sun
May 7, 2011 ‘partly cloudy, medium temps with swampiness’ Gospel: ‘Ah Sunflower’ by William Blake An English Poet + Illustrator Written in 1794 Ah! sunflower, weary of time, Who countest the steps of the sun, Seeking after that sweet golden clime Where the traveller’s journey is done; Where the youth pined away with desire, And…
Curating the Culture of New Orleans
How’s this for curating the culture of New Orleans? It’s a lady pushing a silver mannequin wearing what looks like a Mardi Gras Indian suit around Jackson Square in a wheelchair. I am assuming this is for tips. It could be just a feathery costume. If anyone can confirm or deny it’s an Indian suit,…