Robert Degen, Had a Hand in the Hokey Pokey, Dies at 104 – Obituary (Obit) – NYTimes.com:
Some Roman Catholic churchmen, meanwhile, have said that the words “hokey pokey” derive from “hocus pocus” — the Oxford English Dictionary concurs — and that the song was written by 18th-century Puritans [...]
Gonna be a hot time in this cold town tonight.
It was looking bleak for the Saints today in the third quarter. Mighty bleak. But what could be done? They were in D.C. and we were all here: powerless and faraway in our own little faubourgs and wards.
The only remedy I could think of was to [...]
Burnell Moliere (who stole from NOPS still getting city contracts? Yep, along with Pampy Barre. Nagin's response was a shrug. "Past corruption? No problem, Nagin says"
DUMAINE STREET GANG, INC. & LADIES AUXILARY TWELFTH ANNUAL PARADE SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2009 – NOON
Dedicated to the memory of Paulette Milton
Start: Treme Center, N. Villere and St. Philip St. Proceed up N. Villere St. to Dumaine Street. Right on Dumaine to N. Derbingy. Right on N. Derbingy to St. [...]
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Photographs by Jonathan Bachman
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OK, that headline is a bit misleading, but considering that the Hornets didn’t announce Chris Paul would be playing until 90 minutes or so before tip-off and that attendance at the Hive was just over half-full, it sure seemed [...]
Stinque » Douchebag of the Day:
Arlington, Tennessee Mayor Russell Wiseman:
In the opinion of Arlington Mayor Russell Wiseman, President Barack Obama’s speech on Tuesday night on the war in Afghanistan was deliberately timed to block the Christian message of the “Peanuts” television Christmas special.
It seems the liberal War [...]
‘Tis the season for that special something between your thighs. Following last month’s inaugural NOLA Bike Bash, this weekend kicks off the city’s first ever Bicycle Film Festival. DJ Musa Alves pumps out the jams for the fest’s preparty at Handsome Willy’s tonight [...] After a brief respite last week (a guy’s gotta eat turkey), the blogged summaries of my misadventures in TV land continue. Stumbling into the WWL studio every Thursday morning feels like the continuation of a dream — and not just because I’m bleary-eyed and usually still half asleep. There’s [...]
Unless you’re a complete punk and a lousy dirtbag, you’ve heard about Gambit’s viewing party for the next episode of A&E’s new hit show Steven Seagal Lawman (”The Finest Program in the History of American Television™” — Gambit).
Our party is this Wednesday, Dec. 9, 8:30-10 pm at Theo’s [...]
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It's me, Vitty-cent, and I'd like to begin this YRHT guest post by wishing all my fellow American citizens a very Merry Christmas. Second, I want to thank oyster for giving me this opportunity to address an important issue: Tiger Woods'' [...]
“You can look at me like a movie star. Or you can wipe that shit out of your head and say ‘Steven Seagal can save my life.” — Steven Seagal, in the premiere of Lawman
If you didn’t catch last night’s premiere of Steven Seagal: Lawman on [...]
The Authorized Biography of Edwin Edwards To Be Released on December 14th «
Spread the Disease:
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I saw this last night during the 10 pm news and was thoroughly confused (of course, it could’ve just been the video hangover from an hour of Steven Seagal: Lawman, and crank up the Emmys for that, by the way). Anyway, behold the new commercial from the John Georges for [...]
“The extraordinary demands of educating disadvantaged students to higher standards, the challenges [...]
