Greens all around the country are gearing up for the national convention this week, myself included. My first-round vote is committed to Jonathan D. Farley,…
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Greens all around the country are gearing up for the national convention this week, myself included. My first-round vote is committed to Jonathan D. Farley,…
There were so many murders in New Orleans yesterday that a shooting near our house didn’t even make the news. Xy heard shots fired around…
I recently bought a DVD player so that I could watch the DVD-Rs that I’m burning. I got a Cyberhome CH-DVD 300/S — only $30…
After years of procrastination, today I finally sent in the necessary papers to enroll in the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association and College Retirement Equities…
The waiting is over, the mystery revealed. It’s an advertisement for the Louisiana Lottery’s Extreme Green scratch-off game.
Today marks five years that I’ve been working at the University. That means it’s also been five years (plus a few weeks) since I moved…
I’m at work today. It is not a holiday here at the university. I’ve been told that it’s a Southern thing, or rather that Memorial…
Someone hit the Jeff Davis statue again last night. The last graffiti was cleaned up in a day or two. This morning, the red spray-painted…
My office window lets me gaze upon such marvels as the Big Lots store across the street and the traffic jams on I-10. The view…
I just read a quote in the San Jose Mercury News from Ben Manski, co-chair of the Green Party US, regarding the Green Party convention…
Today I rode in my first Critical Mass. We rode from New Orleans to suburban Metairie where George W. Bush was having a fundraiser. The…
One fun thing about my morning ride to work is checking the Jefferson Davis statue on Canal Street to see if it’s been defaced. Looks…
A couple of weeks ago, PJ mentioned he’d recently tutored a mutual acquaintance of ours on some of the finer points of Web authoring. “Yeah,”…
Gay people are getting married in Massachusetts today, and this straight, married man couldn’t be happier. I love weddings. In fact, the stories in the…
There are two bills under consideration by the Louisiana legislature which have caught my interest. House Bill 1626 “prohibits wearing pants below the waist.” For…
Six months or so until our big presidential election. I’m going to be bold and predict Bush as the winner. This way, no matter what…
Today, just after noon, a teenage boy was shot in the head just a block and a half from our house. He’s dead now. There…