A friend of mine celebrated her first birthday today. (Yes, I’m also friends with her mother, but after watching the girl bury her face in…
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A friend of mine celebrated her first birthday today. (Yes, I’m also friends with her mother, but after watching the girl bury her face in…
Jaylene and her friend Tom came down from Indy for a quick visit this weekend. Saturday night we had dinner at Jacques-Imo’s, with just a…
After the culinary fiasco of 2004, I approached this year’s Thanksgiving with some trepidation. My confidence was not bolstered when Xy finally read the creme…
I’ve gotten the staining done. It took four days of solid work, plus a half-day of touch up this morning, not to mention a day…
Please take a moment to contact your local PBS affiliate and ask them to air the film Helen Hill: Celebrating a Life in Film. You…
Jeff and Laura came over to watch the Saints game today. Like us, they’re Hoosierleanians — transplants from Indiana who’ve come to call New Orleans…
At lunch today Frank said that I was part of the reason he and his wife decided to stay in New Orleans. Whoa, I thought.…
Before the panel, Chris and Sandy and Alan and Ted and I were sitting together, having breakfast and chatting. Chris asked each of us for…
Today I went to see the Saints game with Michael. We rode our bikes to the Superdome. It was the first NFL game I’ve ever…
Last week I moderated a blogger panel. I was disappointed with the low attendance, but at certain times of the semester it’s hard to get…
My friend in San Diego sends this update:
While New Orleans was getting soaked yesterday, San Diego was encircled by wildfires. Today comes the news that 300,000 people are being asked to evacuate…
48 Hours Mystery will be running a show this weekend about Helen Hill and Dinerral Shavers and the general topic of violence in New Orleans.
I spoke to the producers a couple of times. One producer told me he was disappointed by the seeming resignation of most of the people they’d interviewed. He was hoping I might bring the rage. I must not have sounded angry enough, though, because in the end they never interviewed me.
Here’s their press release:
A friend of mine voted early and sends the following report. Since you gave me some advice, I’ll tell you how I voted. Just a…
Regarding that message from an old friend that I posted yesterday? At first I wasn’t sure what to make of it. I read it with…
Although I’ve got a MySpace page, I never check it. Honestly, I loathe MySpace. Every aspect of it grates on my web design nerves. But…
Just got a package of books from my friends in Montana, J & Day. It arrived here at the University ten days ago, but for…
There will be a segment about Helen Hill‘s unsolved murder case on America’s Most Wanted tomorrow night. I believe they’ll be using some video I…
To my utter astonishment, Mike finally got a crew back to our house yesterday. When I came home for lunch they were working away on…
Today is DJ’s birthday. But today is also the first day of school for most of the Recovery School District. And DJ is a teacher…