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  • A Day at LSU Clinic

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    I was just shy of my tenth birthday. I was standing in the basement, washing doll clothes in the giant laundry sink, rinsing and hanging them on a little clothesline. Off in my childish fantasy land of domesticity (that fantasy SOOO didn't last!), I wrung out each tiny dress. I' [...]
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    Posted: August 28, 2009, 10:55pm EDT
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  • Rising Tide 4

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    Posted: August 14, 2009, 6:52am EDT
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  • God, Guns, Guts and American Pickup Trucks

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    I know, I know. I haven't posted much lately, but this was pointed out to me earlier today and I just can't get over it. I'm really curious whether this guy has decided that he believes in the Second Amendment more than the Fifth Commandment. It's the strangest juxtapositioning of [...]
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    Posted: July 17, 2009, 7:21pm EDT
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  • L Follows M

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    I've been thinking about this for days now, quietly, alone in my house, occasionally finding myself weeping for what would seem to be no reason. Crazy, menopausal bitch. Probably too much or too little estrogen.

    Then it hit me.

    After Katrina, I wrote' [...]
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    Posted: March 23, 2009, 4:15pm EDT
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  • Absinthe and Cran Please

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    In response to a fellow blogger, I am posting this here. It started as an email but the comebacks were just too good not to post. Below is the original followed by the comebacks:

    Last night my husband and I were going to go [...]
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    Posted: March 21, 2009, 1:29pm EDT
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  • LePetit Theatre-Social Media and Activism

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    We've all heard talk about the social media revolution. We've probably all noodled around looking for our favorite video to post, or found an article that outraged us and quickly hit the Facebook post button on the bottom. We've wasted time yacking about nothing, posted weird photos, commented on someone's [...]
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    Posted: March 12, 2009, 11:17am EDT
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  • Slumdog Reality

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    I've never been lucky enough to visit India. I haven't seen the movie either.

    This has been bugging me for days. First I read this article at CNN. It bothered me a lot. Then I saw this picture:



    A couple of [...]
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    Posted: March 05, 2009, 6:52pm EST
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  • Slate's Uptown Adventure

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    This post will be sans links as it's just a children's story, a cautionary tale, a narrative with a happy ending, suitable bedtime reading. It's also dedicated to those readers who will be belly laughing outside my hearing, behind their screens. I love them all---I think.

    An announcement came' [...]
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    Posted: February 16, 2009, 12:53pm EST
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  • Buffa's Crime Meeting w/Riley et al 1.31.09

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    Here's what I typed up as fast as I could. Some is surely missing and/or paraphrased. I'll upload the photos as soon as possible. Today is busy for me so it might not be til tomorrow.

    Some officer's names are not recorded here, the names went by too fast.' [...]
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    Posted: February 02, 2009, 12:26pm EST
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  • Buffa's Crime Meeting Notes and Pics

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    Below are my notes from the meeting on crime held yesterday at Buffa's. I am a fast typist, but still a lot of it is paraphrased while holding the basic content of the statement together---lots of words, not enough fingers! I have put some of my personal notes in parentheses' [...]
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    Posted: January 24, 2009, 1:55pm EST
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  • Senseless, Stupid, Sad--Torrential Rage

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    Anyone living in the city of New Orleans right now knows exactly what I'm talking about. For the record, the "victim," as she keeps being referred had a name: Wendy Byrne. I keep hearing Brando whispering, "The Horror, the horror."

    I am not going to go on and on' [...]
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    Posted: January 19, 2009, 7:05pm EST
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  • Algiers Point Anger

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    I know it's the holidays. I know that I could and probably will post something cheery this week.

    Or not. I am beyond furious, crying as I type this. Anger in my bones wanting to explode out. I can even say that though I'm an avowed pacifist, that there [...]
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    Posted: December 22, 2008, 1:31pm EST
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  • What on Earth is the MATTER with These People?

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    I saw this article headline today: Store Refuses to Make Birthday Cake for Child. The reason given was the child's name: Adolf Hitler.

    This article explains that these idiots named their 3 year old boy Adolf Hitler Campbell. Oh yeah, and his sisters' names are equally bizarre.
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    Posted: December 17, 2008, 1:26pm EST
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  • My Humble Entry Brought to You by General Motors

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    Okay, after suffering and laughing through all the entries in the "hostilidays" video postings, I humbly offer up two pieces of a really horrid, very long (two hrs running time, Lucas must have been hard up for bucks)piece done in 1978. The entire thing is on You Tube in pieces. [...]
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    Posted: December 12, 2008, 1:02pm EST
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  • RIP Polaroid Film

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    Polaroid film will no longer be produced. This CNN article found yesterday made me sad. While digital photography is wonderfully immediate, that was also what made Polaroid film so great. Instant, well nearly instant, gratification. There is a Polaroid camera in a box behind me as I write this. [...]
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    Posted: December 10, 2008, 1:11pm EST
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  • Glory at Sea

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    A while back, I was sitting at Buffa's. There were some kids, at least from my perspective they were kids, talking about making a movie. They even considered my grandson for a part in it. They wrote the screenplay in Buffa's. You'd see them in the front room or the' [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2008, 1:01pm EST
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  • Hey, Anonymous, Grow a Pair

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    Okay. OKAY. I already blew it with the title of this post proving no doubt that I'm a sexist who thinks only men post anonymously, or can write, or something like that.

    Well, I'm not changing it now. Take it in the spirit in which it was written, as [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2008, 6:03pm EST
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  • Don't Blame Me, Blame Polimom!

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    I have had a cold for days now so although I have a couple of serious things I want to blog about, I think I'll just play tag with Poli, since she tagged me.. She's been such a good friend for so many years now that although I don't' [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2008, 2:00pm EST
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  • History

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    All I can say is WOW! How cool is this? [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2008, 11:06am EST
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  • Halloween in New Orleans with Election Sidebar

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    Well, I couldn't figure out what to do for Halloween in terms of a costume. Just hadn't given it much thought this year. So I went as St. Gouttiere, patron saint of the gutter punks. I figured since I was a little goth gutter punk [...]
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    Posted: November 03, 2008, 2:39pm EST
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  • A Couple Different Takes on the E-word post

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    Yesterday I wrote a post about what I call E-words. Euphemisms. There was a paragraph about the use of the N-word. A comment came in overnight with the video below linked. Although it was close to spamming to sell the book, I published the comment after watching the video. Below [...]
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    Posted: October 22, 2008, 11:24am EDT
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  • The Silliness and Poignancy of E-words

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    Ah, this week I have very much wished for some way to reanimate Lenny Bruce, George Carlin, Abbie Hoffman and Hunter Thompson--grand wordsmiths all. I've found myself alternately giggling and furious about the use of E-words.

    Huh? What's an E-word, ya ask? Oh, it's a new one I made' [...]
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    Posted: October 21, 2008, 3:51pm EDT
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  • Resign for the Country and Economy's Sake?

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    Dan Froomkin's blog over at the Washington Post, after mentioning that Dick Cheney had another heart incident in recent days, had this interesting idea buried on the third page:

    Richard S. Tedlow and David Ruben write in a Boston Globe op-ed: "The next president will be elected on'" [...]
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    Posted: October 16, 2008, 2:08pm EDT
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  • I Will Reach Across the Aisle, My Friends, and Sneer

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    This has been an interesting week, on so many levels. I'm desperately trying to finish a couple of short stories for the Tennessee Williams Festival deadline, but have found myself distracted. Gee, that NEVER happens.

    These distractions, though, are different. Indeed to call them distractions is to demean the' [...]
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    Posted: October 10, 2008, 1:01pm EDT
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  • See THIS is how I remember Maverick

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    Every time I see McCain, or hear him or Palin use the term "maverick" this pops into my head and stays there for days.

    . . . . . .New Orleans, living on Jacks and Queens. . . . . . ..

    John McCain GETS the [...]
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    Posted: October 09, 2008, 1:29pm EDT
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  • The Bankers' Woes and Yours Too Pt. 2

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    There is a lively debate going on in the comments section of Part 1, which I think you should read before you read the rest of this post. Here is the continuation of the information I got in my email the other day. Fascinating to watch the comments. Will be [...]
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    Posted: October 02, 2008, 12:44pm EDT
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  • The Bankers' Woes and Yours Too Pt. 1

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    In case you missed this enlightening piece over at American Zombie, which is a must see, I'm putting this info that was sent to me yesterday in here verbatim with all his links intact. The piece at Zombie's is informative, fascinating, and long. I watched it in increments. [...]
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    Posted: September 30, 2008, 1:25pm EDT
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  • RIP Cool Hand

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    Paul Newman, amazing actor and excellent human being, passed away today at the age of 83. He will be very much missed.

    EDIT:
    I remember a story my mom told me about Paul Newman that still makes me laugh. In 1989-90 he and Joanne Woodward [...]
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    Posted: September 27, 2008, 1:27pm EDT
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  • Chris Rock: "Vote for the Guy with ONE House!"

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    Chris Rock was on Larry King last night. He had some interesting things to say even though some of King's questions seemed, well, a bit weirdly targeted. Rock held his own, and had some funny things to say. He also had a bit to say about Katrina and Louisiana. Here's [...]
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    Posted: September 26, 2008, 1:36pm EDT
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  • Campaign in the Name of Jesus and Keep Her Safe From Witchcraft

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    This article found on AOL is a bit scary, but then most things about Ms. Palin are a bit scary, including her interview with Katie Couric. The video below is included in the article, but after the last video I put in here was pulled, I'm redundantly linking it' [...]
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    Posted: September 25, 2008, 1:45pm EDT
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  • Gustav, Ike and Prayers

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    Last week a fellow NOLA blogger sent out an email after the storm recounting his PTSD feelings. Many responded to him saying they felt the same way. This was my response:

    Feeling all of the above if that was a multiple choice question. Motivation at zero. Still some junk [...]
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    Posted: September 11, 2008, 2:09pm EDT
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  • Three Years-Remember Katrina and Pray Gustav Doesn't Want to Come To Decadence

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    We're all very much hoping that Gustav doesn't want to don feathers and join in Southern Decadence. We're still not okay from the last one.

    Katrina NOLA New Orleans Hurricane Katrina Louisiana FEMA levee flooding [...]
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    Posted: August 29, 2008, 7:30am EDT
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  • New Orleans to Iowa

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    This was sent to me in my email from one of the premier local blogger/activists, Karen Gadbois. Since I know so many of you reading my blog are out of towners, I wanted to post this in toto. It's important and really wonderful.

    Please, if you have it in [...]
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    Posted: June 27, 2008, 4:01pm EDT
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  • On a First Name Basis

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    So nothing's been posted here for a long time. Here's why.

    I was out with a friend a few nights ago. We talked about his recent trip to France, various family stories, how squinting one's eyes to really helps one see what the Impressionists were doing. We also talked [...]
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    Posted: June 26, 2008, 11:43am EDT
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  • Okay, Okay, you've probably all seen this but. . .

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    . . . .I saw this this morning. If you have an aversion to the F word, don't watch this. If you have an aversion to Bill O'Reilly and a perverse sense of humor, DO watch this.

    EDIT: YOUTUBE PULLED THIS VIDEO AS YOU'LL SEE IF YOU CLICK THE [...]
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    Posted: May 12, 2008, 11:35am EDT
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  • On a Lighter Note---for now

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    We couldn't make it to JazzFest this year---ticket prices too high and too long a walk yet for the husband. We were seriously miserable about it. But thanks to WWOZ (yes, Loki, I will post this over there later today) LiveWire, we heard that Bonerama was playing at dba on [...]
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    Posted: May 05, 2008, 2:54pm EDT
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  • Unknown Blue 50051484--Part 1

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    As you all have no doubt noticed, I have posted very little for months now. There are a few reasons for that, but one of them is very definitely a feeling of impotence and an overwhelming anger at that sense of impotence. And grief. In the last nine months I [...]
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    Posted: April 30, 2008, 11:55am EDT
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  • Things I learned from Ashley Morris

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    I have been thinking about this for days. There are others among the blogger group who were in closer touch than I was with Ashley, but we did have our moments. I learned a lot from this man. One of my favorite photos of him [...]
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    Posted: April 09, 2008, 7:27pm EDT
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  • RIP Ashley Morris

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    I have been unable to find the words for the grief I feel at this heroic man's passing. For now, this is all I can muster, but will be putting in more information this afternoon about funeral details and fundraising for the family. For now, please click the photo/link below [...]
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    Posted: April 07, 2008, 11:57am EDT
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  • It's not just New Orleans, it's America

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    We are a killing machine: Iraq (and maybe Iran pretty soon), Tennessee fired up its electric chair last night--the first time since 1960 (now THAT'S progress), our kids are killing each other and the NRA just spouts its standard "guns don't kill people" bullshit. We Americans are really good at [...]
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    Posted: September 12, 2007, 1:19pm EDT
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  • Little Snippets of Sadness and Hope

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    The anniversary of the Federal Flood was a just plain odd feeling day. Something felt a bit off all day, nothing I could put my finger on, except maybe the helicopters going over shuttling Bush around the city. Every paper coast to coast had some kind of retrospective and the [...]
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    Posted: August 31, 2007, 1:27pm EDT
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  • REMEMBER---Two Years

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    For further information on where we stand now, please check out Hurricane Katrina News, as well as any of the local bloggers who have dedicated themselves to the aftermath of the Federal Flood disaster known as Hurricane Katrina. [...]
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    Posted: August 29, 2007, 10:42am EDT
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  • Kerouac Still "On the Road" After 50 Years. . . .

    Number of comments: 5
    . . . and luckily no one here has to be, at least today. The latest computer models show Hurricane Dean heading for Mexico, he has already beaten up Jamaica or is as we speak. Bless them. He might hit the southernmost tip of Texas, near Brownsville, a town known [...]
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    Posted: August 18, 2007, 11:03am EDT
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  • You Can Smell It. . . .

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    Over the course of today, I've gotten nearly 20 emails pertaining to Hurricane Dean's presence in the Gulf. If you're anywhere within a 100 mile radius of New Orleans, you can smell it, the fear, the anxiety, it's palpable.

    People are rabidly checking the storm tracking, some at work [...]
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    Posted: August 17, 2007, 2:59pm EDT
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  • Dashed

    Number of comments: 5
    Other local bloggers have already talked at length about the fall of New Orleans Councilman Oliver Thomas. Chris Rose already wrote about it in the Times Picayune.

    Corruption. Scandal. Graft. Racism being hinted at by some. Just like any other day in New Orleans, it would seem.

    But [...]
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    Posted: August 15, 2007, 12:59pm EDT
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  • Post Mortem--Pun Intended

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    Twenty days ago, I lost a friend. Someone who'd been my friend for years, 15-17, we can't remember, wait, past tense, couldn't remember. He loved New Orleans. He loved books. He loved learning. He loved life. Oh yeah, he loved red wine, and good rum and had a serious jones [...]
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    Posted: July 30, 2007, 10:00pm EDT
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  • The Picnic Trash

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    As you can see from the comments section in my George Bush/Kermit Ruffins post, some people are really upset with me.

    I said there and I'll say again, that I had not seen the video when I wrote that. I had only read the transcript, and hey, read it [...]
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    Posted: June 25, 2007, 10:24am EDT
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  • Following in Da Po' Blog's Wake

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    I decided to see what my blog was rated:

    What's My Blog Rated? From Mingle2 - Online Dating


    This rating was determined based on the presence of the following words:

    dead (11x) gun (10x) death (3x) bitch (2x) zombie (1x)

    I gotta [...]

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    Posted: June 22, 2007, 12:06pm EDT
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  • George Bush Wants Kermit Ruffins to Pick Up the Trash

    Number of comments: 5


    This week, President Bush gave a picnic for Congress on the South Lawn. The theme, no, I'm not kidding, MARDI GRAS. Paul Prudhomme catered, Kermit Ruffins and his band played.

    Not a word about the current state of New Orleans, or Louisiana, just [...]
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    Posted: June 22, 2007, 11:40am EDT
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  • Tips on Lennon's Piano

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    As we all know, John Lennon wrote a song called "Imagine." What we imagine when we think of him and that song is a huge white grand piano, thanks to an album cover image that's stuck in our heads. The piano that he actually wrote [...]
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    Posted: June 05, 2007, 12:24pm EDT
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