After years of confusion, the HR department has finally changed my official job title from Multimedia Specialist to Multimedia Artist.
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After years of confusion, the HR department has finally changed my official job title from Multimedia Specialist to Multimedia Artist.
Elliott and Elizabeth had to put their old friend Slim to sleep Wednesday. He was almost 14. Also on Wednesday my Aunt Suzanne passed away…
I didn’t think there were in any time-share condominiums in the Vieux Carre, but apparently I was wrong. I can thank my in-laws for hooking…
Xy and I are taking a short (and much needed) vacation, just 36 hours at a top secret condo location in the Quarter. Oops, it’s…
This past weekend felt like a watershed for my neighborhood, but it also left me feeling overwhelmed. Our Mid-City recovery planning meeting with Clifton James…
So we’d just gotten in the car with our friends Scott and Justine who are visiting from Bloomington. We hadn’t even left our block when…
Los Angeles has them. Atlanta has them. Even Missoula, Montana has them. I’m talking about Neighborhood Councils. In Atlanta they call ’em Neighborhood Planning Units.…
I’m going to be talking to Eric Asher on WIST AM 690 in just a couple minutes.
A few months ago I helped some students at Indiana University who were working on a short documentary titled “From New Orleans to the Midwest.”…
A reader named Shana sent me the following query: i’ve been reading your blog for awhile. i adore new orleans and about two weeks before…
We got an insurance payment for the flooded contents of our house months ago, but we can’t refurnish until the renovation is complete. So I’ve…
We’re looking for dubs of certain early ROX episodes.
I’ve been thinking a lot about crime and violence lately, because it’s clear that it’s coming back to New Orleans. This point was made in…
Last night I dreamt we entered one of the many vacant houses nearby and found Lucy just sitting there staring at us. Alas, in waking…
I finally got to see “This House Must Go,” the special that aired on The Learning Channel last week, thanks to the efforts of a…
Add this to the list of “crazy things white people do”: First, we collected our urine in a bucket. Then Xy poured it into a…
We haven’t seen Lucy since Saturday afternoon. She was lying on the curb in front of our house, kind of a strange place for her…
My parents are here for an absurdly short visit. Yesterday I gave them the Mandatory Misery Tour. First we drove to Lakeview. Then to Gentilly.…
After reading this, I think I’ll make my tea in the fridge.
At the Mid-City planning meeting this morning, somebody was asking about garbage collection and Shelley Midura was explaining the rules for separating household waste from…