Xy talked to some of our new Mexican neighbors. Turns out they’re from — drum roll, please — Indiana! We’re from Indiana too, in case…
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Xy talked to some of our new Mexican neighbors. Turns out they’re from — drum roll, please — Indiana! We’re from Indiana too, in case…
The roofer I’d been waiting on for weeks finally arrived Monday. He critiqued Quickdraw’s work and gave it a big thumbs up. He was a…
Google Maps recently added two zoom levels to their satellite views, and made other improvements that make it even more fun to fool around with.…
I was sad to hear this morning that The West Wing has been cancelled. This was the only current broadcast television series that I thoroughly…
Adding to my innertube frustrations on Thursday: We were supposed to be getting our new refrigerator delivered. We bought it last month. But Sears never…
Here’s me on my new bicycle: Originally uploaded by Michael Homan It’s a Raleigh Venture 5.0. Extra large Atomic 13 butted aluminum frame, SR suspension…
I’ve never articulated, publicly, why I came back to New Orleans. But I’ll try. I own property here. I have a job here. In some…
On this day in 1967, Evelyn Nesbit died. Also, I was born.
Xy and I ventured to the Lower Ninth Ward Monday morning. Caffin and Claiborne is where the Martin Luther King Day parade traditionally begins. In…
I’ve taken over webmaster duties for the Mid-City Neighborhood Organization. I’ve been a little skeptical of this organization in the past, but I decided that…
It was stormy this morning. I took a picture out my office window: Then I realized I’d taken an almost identical picture one year ago…
Photo by howieluvzus. Yesterday President Bush visited New Orleans. Howie’s posted some pix of a demonstration at Jackson Square, where hundreds of Catholic schoolgirls showed…
According to a story in the morning paper, our neighborhood has four months to prove its viability. This is according to the new plan from…
I’m back in my office for the first time since August 26th. I was amazed to find everything pretty much just as I left it.…
I thought we were done getting supplies from Habans Elementary several weeks ago. But we keep going back to Xy’s old school for more stuff.…
I had a roofer lined up to fix the hole(s) in our roof, but after waiting for six weeks or so, I was starting to…
We have neighbors again! We’ve been the only people living for blocks in any direction, but now there are some Mexican guys living in the…
The University wants staff back next Monday, according to information posted on the website. What’s incredible to me is that this news has only come…
I was astonished to discover mail in our mailbox this morning. It must have been delivered Saturday, because I only filled out the little form…
Goodbye 2005. The general consensus here in New Orleans seems to be: We’re glad to see this one go. I used to think of the…