To whom it may concern, I am writing to kindly ask that WWL consider adding the Penn Jillette radio show to their afternoon line-up. I have been listening to the podcast on Itunes for some time and think that the programming would find a large audience in the New Orleans and surrounding areas. It’s that…
Be the Editor of the Daily Jolt!
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…
Liens du Moment: 11/29
Hurricane season ends tonight. Alberto, Beryl, Chris, Debby, Ernesto, Florence, Gordon, Helene and Isaac, we hardly knew ya. Tell your buddies next year how much fun you had in the North Atlantic. Thanks for the quiet season. Hurricane season ends quietly Nola.com While everyone was predicting the watery end to coastal civilization as we know…
Fair-Weather Friends
Making the rounds tonight is an item about a poll released by UNO that stated (with a whopping 7 percent margin of error) that 60 percent of the current population of Orleans and Jeff Parish have considered leaving the city since Hurricane Katrina. One-third of Orleans, Jeff residents polled may leave in 2 years That…
Dirty Indeed!
According to the AP: Michael Vick apologized for making an obscene gesture toward Atlanta fans as he walked off the field after the Falcons’ fourth straight loss Sunday. Vick used both hands to deliver the gesture and flashed an angry look toward the handful of fans remaining in the Georgia Dome. Those who hung around…
Seven Shot on Thanksgiving Night. Wait, What?
I was checking the news Thanksgiving night on Nola.com and read these headlines: “Two dead after Mid-City shooting.” Then… “Thursday night gunfire kills two more.” Then… “Sixth Ward violence claims another.” Then… “Two men shot in Mid-City” All separate headlines but three of them were about the same incident – a Mid-City shooting in which…
Good Job Ed!
“McCormick had been released from jail on Sept. 8 after a judge ruled that the district attorney’s office had run out of time in bringing him to trial on a 2002 first-degree murder charge, records showed. A 2003 trial in the case ended in a mistrial.” Four dead in three hours in N.O., Jeff Good…
Barbarians at the Gate
I just finished a search for any plans that may be underway for coastal restoration in Louisiana. I’ve heard talk but wanted something visual. Like a pretty drawing or something magical and innovative that would inspire me. I didn’t find anything. Perhaps more time. The sad thing is that, from what I have gathered speaking…
Blogspotting 11/18: Everyone Else Is Doing It So Why Can’t We?
I just wanted to add a few pics and point everyone to this excellent post over on Ashley Morris about how we stack up against the world in terms of flood protection and land reclamation. Pretty pitiful we are. This was also touched on in this Harry Shearer post and the ensuing comments. Palm Island…
A Dying Breed, Cause They Are Old You Know?
This is a questionable headline in today’s Times-Pic and Nola.com in reference to aging Greatest Medal of Honor recipients: Heroes by any reckoning, the soldiers who helped win World War II are a dying breed. Now, I understand that these decorated octogenarians (who defeated Hitler, Mussolini and Tojo) are passing away at an accelerated rate….