This morning we had our house sprayed by the exterminator. Within mere minutes, cockroaches were crawling out of the woodwork in their death throes. We…
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This morning we had our house sprayed by the exterminator. Within mere minutes, cockroaches were crawling out of the woodwork in their death throes. We…
Just got a call from PJ; he said Andrea gave birth to a healthy baby boy shortly after three o’clock this afternoon. Twenty-seven hours of…
A coupla profs at Xavier are doing a workshop today called “Geeks Gone Wild,” about how they’ve used QuickTime clips to jazz up some of…
Today, after thinking it over for a year or so, I bought a Big Green Egg, medium size.
Xy and I are celebrating our steel anniversary. Twelve [sic] years ago today, we got married. In the mix this morning: “Anniversary” by Tony! Toni!…
The word atheist provokes a strong and negative reaction amongst many of my fellow human beings, so I thought perhaps I should explain why I…
The autumnal equinox approaches. It is only a couple hours away. I’ve sometimes had arguments with people who think the seasons always begin on the…
The Times-Picayune is calling Saturday’s election the “biggest election fiasco in modern Louisiana history.” This is not buried on the op-ed section. It’s on the…
Election results are in: Should we amend the state constitution to forbid gay marriage? Most Louisiana voters said yes, surprise, surprise. What a fucking stupid…
The Green Party had a media training workshop; since it was at Xavier I had to be there for the duration. Attendance was not so…
I’m so excited I could just about piss in my pants. Today I got my Special Edition Double-Disc DVD Set of Slacker, which comes in…
Xy and I went to an art extravafreakoutganza at the Big Top Gallery, something called Meow Mix that Heather Weathers put together. Everything had a…
There was some confusion as to whether Xavier was open today or not, so around 8 a.m. I called campus info and learned that campus…
“Hurricane editions” of the Times-Picayune for Wednesday and Thursday have appeared on my porch. THRONGS FLEE IVAN, declares one. IVAN ROARS INLAND, says the other.…
I went for a jog around the bayou this morning. It’s a very pleasant day. Kind of breezy, which is nice. There’s a little debris…
I took a bike ride. The I-10 was just about empty. At Xavier they were putting some newspaper dispensers on the back of a truck.…
We’re now outside the projected cone of possibility. That’s nice, but it hardly means we’re safe. Hundreds of thousands of wiser people have left, but…
The National Hurricane Center’s projections continue to predict Ivan will take a turn to the north. (Per M. Whybark’s request, I’ve marked the location of…
We’re under a hurricane storm warning now. Xy and I took a walk around the neighborhood, watched people boarding up their windows, stopped in for…
Ivan cometh. New Orleans (and much of the Gulf Coast) is under a hurricane watch. The university is closed today and tomorrow. So is NOPS.…