We’ve been getting a little bit of “buzz” regarding our latest episode. Nice write-ups on Metroblogging, Three Bed Two Bath, and quite a few others.…
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We’ve been getting a little bit of “buzz” regarding our latest episode. Nice write-ups on Metroblogging, Three Bed Two Bath, and quite a few others.…
I was happy that work had begun on our house at long last. But I was also anxious and unsettled for the last couple days.…
Helpful rebuilding hint: If you have any possessions you’d like to keep, remove them from the area before the demolition crew goes to work. Yeah,…
Though I toyed briefly with the stage name “Stupid B” when I was the vocalist for The Submersibles, I have no connection whatsoever with the…
Ho hum, not much new to report… except that work is finally beginning on our house! I had just about given up on ever hearing…
The Sav-A-Center in our neighborhood finally re-opened last week, and I went shopping there for the first time Saturday morning. There’s a write-up at Metroblogging…
I recently got an update to our homeowner’s policy. It’s something like a hundred pages long. Past updates were only a few pages. I’m supposed…
Well, ROX #93 is finished at last. You can watch it online if you so desire.
Intrigued by a post over at e-mail from NOLA, I took a tour yesterday afternoon of a few local fast food joints, all within a…
If you’d like to be apprised of new posts to this weblog, you can now subscribe (through a plugin I’ve installed) and you’ll get an…
We got a call from Crystal, one of the girls who used to live across the street from us. She is now living in Houston.…
Jason Berry has published a video about the current state of New Orleans which is so much better than my little efforts, it puts me…
Everyone says it’s dangerous to talk on the cell phone while driving a car. But what about doing e-mail while riding a bike? I was…
A few weeks ago I posted about a big demolition project which had begun just a block from our house, and how they tried to…
Garbage has been piling up for the last couple weeks, ever since the city took back over collection. The Army Corps of Engineers had been…
Neighbors are coming back. Not just new folks, but neighbors from the old neighborhood. I discovered this the other night when I saw some lights…
According to a story in today’s paper: The heights of floodwalls and levees now being rebuilt by the corps are based on research for a…
Just around the corner the other morning: Don’t ask me. I have no idea. (By all means, click the picture for a bigger version.)
Last night we heard someone hammering nearby just around twilight, or maybe later. Xy remarked on it. I didn’t pay much attention. But this afternoon…
Six months after the storm. People are taking stock. Me too. I’d describe my mood as one of tightly bridled optimism. I’m not sure if…