We finally got her surname correct on that pesky birth certificate. See, at the hospital they only permitted the mother’s name, the father’s name, or…
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We finally got her surname correct on that pesky birth certificate. See, at the hospital they only permitted the mother’s name, the father’s name, or…
What’s that floating in the water? Yes, it’s a portable toilet! This picture was taken on the entrance ramp to the basement of the Lindy…
As noted by the inimitable Oyster, our only daily paper is raising its rates. As of October 1st, a subscription to the Times-Picayune will cost…
Here’s the top ten referrers to this blog since, um, well whenever it was I installed this new stats package. adrastos.blog-city.com 274 michaelhoman.blogspot.com 185 librarychronicles.blogspot.com…
I first heard the phrase “digital natives” at the New Media Consortium’s 2007 Regional Conference. I enjoyed the conference a great deal and found the…
After Xy left for school this morning, I discovered Persephone had a fever. She also seemed to have a rattle in her chest, quite loud,…
Today as I took the girl to school, I spotted a pile of furniture on the curb, on Iberville just past Jeff Davis. Flooded furniture.…
It’s gone. So that only took three years. Check out the photoset.
I’ve often fantasized about organizing a cleanup of the Jeff Davis bike path. (For some reason I thought tribal drumming would provide a good accompaniment to the task.) It seems the Big Easy Roller Girls are actually doing it. Now I can fulfill two fantasies in one fell swoop.
The autumnal equinox takes place today at 10:44 AM Central Time. It seems to me like the autumnal equinox gets short shrift. The solstices are…
You’re seven months old today. I’d heard the first three months, or the first six, might be the hardest, but as I’ve mentioned before you’ve…
What I’ve been listening to the most over the last week: Death in June Dead Can Dance Tzolk’in Zoviet France Radiohead Sven Grahn Alpha Blondy…
My cousin Leslie and her family in Houston went to Austin for a wedding around the time of Ike; they are still waiting for power…
It should be noted: These are not book reviews. I think of them more as reading notes.
I’ve been playing around with a relatively new music-sharing website called 8tracks. It allows you to create and share playlists legally. Here’s a silly little…
I just learned that Coleen Salley, the “Grocery Cart Queen,” passed away yesterday. I never met her, but I did encounter her (and her krewe)…
I am 500 months old today. It’s been 500 months since the date of my birth. I have been alive for 500 months. I really…
Next to my web browser, I guess iTunes is the most-used application on my system. Come to think of it, I may actually use iTunes…
A cold front came through yesterday, pushing rain before it. Now the weather here is distinctly cooler and drier. The oppressive heat and humidity of…
Man, I thought it was rough when those bottom two teeth came in. Now there’s some dental action up top and the girl’s really been…