As we hike the length of the abandoned rail line known as the Lafitte Corridor tomorrow, we’ll pass by the Lafitte public housing development. Or…
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As we hike the length of the abandoned rail line known as the Lafitte Corridor tomorrow, we’ll pass by the Lafitte public housing development. Or…
One of the most frequent questions I field as a new dad are various inquiries into my sleep patterns. People seem mystified or nonplussed when…
Despite my sterling reputation for civic-mindedness, I hardly ever write to my representatives in city gov’t. It just doesn’t seem like a good use of…
What are you doing for National Trails Day? If you’re in New Orleans, please join us for the 4th Annual Hike of the Lafitte Corridor.…
Sometimes it’s worth it. All the trouble, the endless meetings, the grant proposals, the paperwork, navigating bureaucracies, building consensus, wrangling volunteers, the phone calls, the…
I’ll be at the FOLC booth at the Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo this morning, from 10 ’til noon; stop by and say hi.
Just learned of the untimely passing of New Orleans’ own Robert Asprin, creator of Thieves’ World and Another Fine Myth and many other science fiction…
The internet and this old world can still blow my mind. Browsing through a random Wikipedia article I discovered that before the Cuban Revolution there…
I wanted to record before I forget that as Xy and I were coming home from an errand Friday, we saw there were lots of…
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…
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.…
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…
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”…
“There’s no reason for anyone to worry.” So sayeth Section Chief Brett Herr of the Army Corps of Engineers. He’s a talking about a wee…
No Silence Originally uploaded by Often Absurd in the Humid City David Bonds was acquitted yesterday for the murder of Dinerral Shavers. Again there is…
The “Eat-Well Food Mart” has been under construction at the corner of Canal and Broad for some months. Google knows nothing about “Eat-Well Food Mart”…
It was a beautiful day, so we packed some picnic snacks, loaded up the baby stroller, gathered up some neighbor kids and headed down to…
We bought the girl’s bedroom set at Imperial Furniture on St. Claude Avenue a couple months ago. This afternoon we went back there and bought…
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Published by Editor B on Wednesday, 9 April 2008Speaking of Ashley Morris, some random guy left the following comment on my blog: Ilove NO and would like to live there someday but the…