I got a panicked call from Xy. She had just flushed her keys down the toilet at Sears. I was incredulous. “All of them?” “All…
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I got a panicked call from Xy. She had just flushed her keys down the toilet at Sears. I was incredulous. “All of them?” “All…
Yes, we’ve got basic utilities: water and gas and electricity. But we are still sadly lacking basic information services. We have no phone, no cable,…
Today is not only the four month anniversary of Katrina’s landfall. More importantly, it is Xy’s birthday. We celebrated by dining at La Crépe Nanou.…
Xy and I wanted to see Munich on Christmas Day. It’s only showing at one theater locally, so we drove out to Clearview Mall for…
I was unable to find an actual Times-Picayune newspaper on Christmas Day, but looking around on the web I found the following article, which was…
Xy and I didn’t really exchange gifts this year. That is, I got her a gift but she didn’t get me anything. She’s a Scrooge,…
Take a nighttime drive down Bienville, from Galvez to Jefferson Davis. It’s dark. There’s a house with some lights near Tonti, another near Gayoso. Generators,…
While most of the country is busy shopping for family and friends, we’ve been (mostly) shopping for ourselves. We’re not particularly self-indulgent, we just need…
A while back I got an angry message via the rox.com website. The writer demanded the immediate removal of “my image and any mention of…
Today is the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year. We’ve been getting up before dawn since Xy started back to school. Without electricity,…
Hmmm… I guess I was wrong when I talked about the “air of inevitability” regarding the position of webmaster for the University. The VP of…
According to a story in the Biloxi Sun Herald: Proponents of ANWR drilling are attempting to use Katrina relief to help push through a measure…
On Thursday I got a phone call I’d kind of been expecting, but which still caught me by surprise. It was the VP of IT…
Yesterday, after a wait of two weeks, our electrical work passed the city inspection. It’s up to code, and we’re ready to take power. (Even…
Very good news: The Bush administration has decided to support making levees in New Orleans stronger than before Hurricane Katrina struck I still can’t overcome…
There’s a climate of anger and anxiety in New Orleans these days, and amongst displaced New Orleanians wherever they are. There’s also a heightened level…
Today was the first day of classes at several schools in the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans, including Xy’s new school. It’s big news. That’s…
Just got off the phone with our mortgage company, US Bank. Right after the storm they told me we’d have a six-month moratorium on payments.…
There are three elementary schools opening in the newly formed Algiers Charter School Association. Xy attended a mass meeting the other day and observed that…