Some time way back in the mid-70s, when I was in elementary school, I read about the Christian martyr Valentius. According to the account I…
Pronounce the dot.
Month: February 2011
After aa and ab one might expect ac to be next, but alas ac is not a word. Oddly enough, there are no two-letter words…
This sign is on a house on Canal Street. I’m not sure but I strongly suspect this may have been placed by a guy calling…
While politicians in DC wrangle with cutting the federal budget, I’m trying to do the same thing here at home. It ain’t easy. I suggested…
Stirrings Espresso liqueur contains caffeine. The label notes that it contains caramel coloring, and not a word about caffeine. But trust me — it’s in…
I believe the word ab is a fairly recent addition to the mainstream lexicon. I guess it stems from our fetishization of the muscular midriff.…
Hike the Lafitte Corridor will take place this year on April 16, 2011 beginning at 10:00 a.m. Since establishment, each year Friends of Lafitte Corridor…
This caught my eye on the the front page of today’s Times-Picayune: “It always amazed me that you had these two universities that were right…
Used to be a bank. Now it’s a dollar store. What does this say about the state of our local economy? Or the national economy…
Consider the word aa. It is surely worthy of consideration, as it is one of the first words in most dictionaries — the very first…
Today was one of the strangest days of my admittedly strange career. I suppose that being an extra in a big film or television production…
Just noticed I have exactly 666 “friends” on Facebook.
Damnation. Now I can’t add anymore friends unless someone unfriends me. Because, of course, I am an ardent hexakosioihexekontahexaphile.
Update: It took me a while to figure out how to save an image showing all 666 “friends.” (Abduction by Rowan Lewis proved to be the key.) The resultant image is over 14,000 pixels tall, so view at your peril.
I’ve gotta give some props to Eric Spears for continuing to excavate such gems from his personal video collection. Here’s Christy Paxson Behind the Scenes…
Folks who subscribe to e-mail updates for this blog (via Feedburner) may have noticed they aren’t coming regularly. This problem has been ongoing for about…
I like to keep the old holidays. Well, some of them, anyway. I find old traditions fascinating, but I live in 2011, so whatever I…
As previously mentioned, HBO’s Treme is recreating the 2007 March for Survival. I’m trying to “drum up” some support for recreating the Mid-City contingent. In…