I couldn’t afford a genuine Punic Persephone coin but I did find a cool pewter pendant. The face of the goddess is surrounded by a…
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I couldn’t afford a genuine Punic Persephone coin but I did find a cool pewter pendant. The face of the goddess is surrounded by a…
I came outside today to find Johnny and some other kids throwing rocks at our next door neighbor’s house. Our next door neighbor (Craig) decided…
An ad just played on TV for an upcoming news report on the decline of baseball as a popular sport amongst African-Americans. Just a couple…
My parents are coming down for a visit, so we are frantically preparing the household for their arrival. Time to put away the illegal drugs…
A couple years ago, I promised myself that when my MP3 collection hit 10,000 I’d pause for reflection. But that pause never happened. Now I’ve…
I’ve never noticed lovebugs around New Orleans before, though they’re supposed to be common all along the Gulf Coast during certain times of the year.…
Xy and I were getting lunch at Minnie’s Catfish Corner (highly recommended) when we heard the news about the hurricane in Myanmar. Apparently the geography…
We took Persephone in to Xy’s school to visit some of Xy’s students. As she predicted, it was a mob scene. I’ve posted the pix…
Something about Jazzfest (presented by Shell) inspires me to stay up all night. Even when I don’t actually go to the Jazzfest. Especially when I…
Workers of the World Unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains! On this May Day I salute my father-in-law Michael Paxson. He is…
A mysterious fungus sprung up in one of our flowerpots this weekend. It looked creepy and beautiful and smelled terrible. What could it be? Turns…
I think this is the best photo I’ve taken in a while. Somehow phallic and vaginal at the same time. Best viewed large.
Thanks to Carol G for getting me in touch with the very helpful Christopher Elliott. He’s the ombudsman for National Geographic Traveler magazine. Today he published my case. I found it in the Arizona Daily Star, though not, strangely enough, in our Times-Picayune which usually carries his column in the Sunday Travel section. I can tell you that $83 was very helpful. Orbitz actually refunded our tax paid as well so we came out ahead on this deal.
Yesterday seemed to be getting off to a good start. I’d set my sights on completing a project that I’ve been postponing and procrastinating on…
I’ve been meaning to post about the Lafitte Greenway Master Plan. Actually I’ve been told it’s more of a “visioning plan” than a “master plan”…
Last week I posted about how Flickr should make sharing photos easier. (Actually I first started bellyaching about this last October.) I just wanted to…
Dear Persephone, People kept telling me we should “enjoy this time” with you. I wasn’t quite sure what to make of this advice. A couple…
I’m taking my last Cipro today, the end of a four week course. When I first started taking them, the effect was dramatic. I called…
My new iMac arrived Thursday. First impression: Wow, this thing is huge. It’s mostly screen, of course, but at 20″ x 12″ it’s almost twice…
All my friends and relations up in Indiana are talking about the earthquake last night. None of them seem to remember the Quake of ’89…