I’ve seen this guy around town for years. He’s made a cart out of two bicycles for hauling junk around. For some reason whenever I…
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I’ve seen this guy around town for years. He’s made a cart out of two bicycles for hauling junk around. For some reason whenever I…
Is there any point in even trying to talk about anything else today? No. There’s not, not here in New Orleans anyway. Tonight the Saints…
Over the long weekend I was privileged to observe and even participate in some bizarre graveyard rituals to ensure a victorious season for the New…
When I first started work at the University, I drove our car. I parked in the staff lot behind the library and entered the building…
I’m an unapologetic narcissist, as most of my writing here will attest. I write mostly about myself and my experiences. Yet for a long while…
Now that school’s back in session and my daughter’s back in daycare, I’m back to riding on the Jeff Davis bike path each morning on…
I look to houses and buildings for signs of our progress — or lack of it. People are more important than buildings, of course, but…
I wanted to write something here about how to enjoy a book, novels in particular. I’ve touched on this before, but I wanted to expand…
Tales of the Cocktail is over. But there are a few more things I wanted to mention. I really liked the way Tales handled media…
At Tales of the Cocktail this year, media types like myself were guaranteed access to five seminars. I had exhausted my five — but there…
Toast by Editor B Tales of the Cocktail kicked into full gear today. The seminars on this first day are all “professional track,” geared toward…
I was leafing through Lagniappe today and came across an article by Doug MacCash, about a guy named Charlie Bishop who noticed a hunk of…
We went to a release party for the new issue of The Trumpet last night. I remember attending some of the first meetings of the…
I’m sure my parents will be proud to know I’m now the number one result for mandatory ejaculation on Google. Or rather, one of my…
The mayor came to our campus yesterday.
Sometime a few months ago this slipped past me: I’ve now spent a quarter of my life in the city of New Orleans, a quarter…
Many months ago, we booked a condo in Panama City Beach, Florida. (I should say, my mother-in-law booked the place. We consulted, but it was…
I recently got an invite to my 25th high school reunion, and I thought — twenty-five years? Has it really been that long? I guess…