I’m pained by what I read on a couple local blogs this morning. Jim Louis writes: I have been more or less geographically rejected by…
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I’m pained by what I read on a couple local blogs this morning. Jim Louis writes: I have been more or less geographically rejected by…
Holy crap! Mardi Gras is just four weeks away and I’ve got no costume. Not even an idea.
The Washington Post published an article titled Amid Katrina’s Ruins, Black Colleges Survive: Xavier University, the nation’s only historically black Catholic university, expected half its…
An oddly-titled article, “Katrina sweeps us pride” by Tushar Charan, has been published in the Asian Tribune. The “pride,” I gather, is in regard to…
I don’t think I’ve mentioned anything about our next-door neighbor, Craig. His house was pretty badly damaged by the flood, and he does not plan…
The roofer came back and fixed the clicking whirly-fan. Hooray. And they only charged $400 total for the two-fan job. That included the hardware, the…
According to NASA, 2005 was the hottest year on record. These numbers are alarming, and that’s just the tip of the (rapidly melting) iceberg. 2005…
Xy talked to some of our new Mexican neighbors. Turns out they’re from — drum roll, please — Indiana! We’re from Indiana too, in case…
The roofer I’d been waiting on for weeks finally arrived Monday. He critiqued Quickdraw’s work and gave it a big thumbs up. He was a…
Google Maps recently added two zoom levels to their satellite views, and made other improvements that make it even more fun to fool around with.…
I was sad to hear this morning that The West Wing has been cancelled. This was the only current broadcast television series that I thoroughly…
Adding to my innertube frustrations on Thursday: We were supposed to be getting our new refrigerator delivered. We bought it last month. But Sears never…
Here’s me on my new bicycle: Originally uploaded by Michael Homan It’s a Raleigh Venture 5.0. Extra large Atomic 13 butted aluminum frame, SR suspension…
I’ve never articulated, publicly, why I came back to New Orleans. But I’ll try. I own property here. I have a job here. In some…
On this day in 1967, Evelyn Nesbit died. Also, I was born.
Xy and I ventured to the Lower Ninth Ward Monday morning. Caffin and Claiborne is where the Martin Luther King Day parade traditionally begins. In…
I’ve taken over webmaster duties for the Mid-City Neighborhood Organization. I’ve been a little skeptical of this organization in the past, but I decided that…
It was stormy this morning. I took a picture out my office window: Then I realized I’d taken an almost identical picture one year ago…
Photo by howieluvzus. Yesterday President Bush visited New Orleans. Howie’s posted some pix of a demonstration at Jackson Square, where hundreds of Catholic schoolgirls showed…
According to a story in the morning paper, our neighborhood has four months to prove its viability. This is according to the new plan from…