The timeshare company stuck us with the wrong dates for our condo! Then they said if we wanted to change, we’d have to pay the…
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Posted a set of 40-odd pix from Saturday’s rail walk:
We had our first really summery day yesterday — it hit 92º, and that’s a record. But the humidity was not so high, and we…
Michael H. and David B. and I went for a three-mile hike along an abandoned railway corridor that cuts through Mid-City. We think it’s an…
Today was graduation day for the sixth grade students Xy teaches. Xy received a number of gifts and the following card: To: Ms. Paxson aka…
Seems like there’s always something in the morning paper to make my blood boil. This morning it was a story about a legislator from Slidell…
The university where I work is located on the edge of a neighborhood called Gert Town. Back when I lived Uptown, I used to ride…
I just took a call from a NY Times reporter. He’s working on a book about creative responses to annoying situations. He wanted to ask…
I take my coffee black — no cream, no sugar. (Actually I don’t take my coffee at all at the moment. After two and a…
I went to the Farmers’ Market in Mid-City yesterday and picked up some cilantro pesto for dinner. It was good (but pricey at $5.50). I…
Even though I don’t teach, I still experience the mood-shift at the end of the school year. It’s time to pull the nose up off…
Xy & I have been living in New Orleans for six years now. But we’ve only been married for eleven and a half years. That…
Classes are over. Commencement has come and gone. It is now OK to wear shorts to work. This is my official policy. Did I mention…
I keep forgetting to mention that, after two and a half years of work, the BibleDudes website was officially launched last month, and I’m just…
The radio alarm woke me up Thursday morning with news of bombs going off at the British Embassy in Midtown Manhattan. And I thought to…
When Xy & I bought our house in Mid-City, we immediately joined the Mid-City Neighborhood Organization out of general principle. I like the idea of…
The amazing thing is that — even after having skipped a night’s sleep, and only getting a regular eight hours last night — I’m not…
It’s rare enough for me to pull an all-nighter anymore, but this one took me totally by surprise. See, Xy’s cousin Rusty is in town…