Val Kilmer is Bacchus and I am reserving my opinion until I see him on the float because, that’s when you can tell if they are a good Bacchus or not. But hey, what does former Bacchus Steve Guttenburg think? Ok, this entire post was just an excuse for me to post that recent pic…
Get Well Bob…
…sorry to see you go. Though, I am sure there are a few who aren’t so sorry. Hopefully, you have done enough in your short time here to get the ball rolling on some visible change in New Orleans city government. Expectations for your replacement will be high. Thanks for the hard work. Enjoy the…
‘Installing 50 Surveillance Cameras – And Up To 200 by the End of the Year’
I’ve been trying to figure out what diffuse barrier is preventing me from getting caught up in the latest round of New Orlenians against crime. I think I have finally put my finger on it. It’s the encroachment of learned helplessness regarding city government. It goes back to the 2007 crime march and the belief…
Can’t Afford It
Since it is pretty much a luxury and since it’s time for everyone to eat their vegetables and since we are all tired of Nagin holding it over our heads like it is some sort of trip to a theme park and since he has more pressing thing on his schedule like figuring out what…
N.O. on T.A.L.
New Orleanian on This American Life asks President Obama, “Is that pothole at Ursulines and Robertson going to be there for the next 20 years?” I LOL’d but … is it? Show link here. Nolans make their appearance at the 45:15 mark…
Worst Hed Ever…
Huey P. Long Bridge widening project sending drivers over the edge There’s a 50/50 chance an editor will see this and change it. I am wondering if the Times-Picayune version of the story has the same hed but I’m guessing no. I can only guess they are going for folks who click the link thinking,…
The Nagin Seconds
At first I was dismayed to see Nagin getting a few seconds of face time in the crowd on NBC during Barack’s inauguration speech but then I realized it was when The President said… And those of us who manage the public’s dollars will be held to account – to spend wisely, reform bad habits,…
In The Air, In The Air
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…
Semantic And Not So Semantic…
Embedded video from CNN Video Hey George, the folks who operate helicopters are called “pilots” and not “drivers” and the other people who helped out are called crewmen. Y a know ’cause one guy pilots the thing and some others dangle out of it on a hoist. But really, the Coast Guard did so a…
Liens Du Moment: 1/12
Found this Modern Marvels Engineering Disasters episode in might Netflix Queue. What’s up with that “should we rebuild” shit? Modern Marvels: Engineering Disasters: New Orleans Netflix There is also a show on the National Geographic Channel that is described as, “NGC roams the halls with students as they tell their unvarnished accounts of high school…