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Thanks, Columbus.

October 12, 2010

Some Guy With A Website: Last week, the Canadian branch of Campbell’s Soup announced that they were making the horrific, outrageous decision to create a product that would appeal to tens of thousands of consumers. As you know, nothing gets in the way of capitalism so the right wing would be thrilled about this venture into oh [...]

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Our Gulf War

August 2, 2010

On 23 August 1990 President Saddam appeared on state television with Western hostages to whom he had refused exit visas. In the video, he patted a small British boy named Stuart Lockwood on the back. Saddam then asks, through his interpreter, Sadoun al-Zubaydi, whether Stuart is getting his milk. Saddam went on to say, “We hope your [...]

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With Respect To

July 1, 2009

It’s July 1st, so I’ve been back in the Midwest for, what, three months? A quarter of a year. After fits and starts, travel and more travel and D gone for half of each month, we are beginning to own our home, home-ownership and the giant yard that always needs tending.  While D mows, I [...]

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Indian Newlyweds In Kuwait ca. 1964

June 12, 2009

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Day 1069: What We Truly Possess

July 31, 2008

It is NOLA Bloggers week over at The Rude Pundit. Today, it’s Humid City‘s turn. BigEZBear writes: Over the last few years, a lot of us have learned that “nothing” is what we truly possess. Everything we think we have, everything we think defines us, is ephemera. We are, each of us, alone. We know [...]

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Day 619: Battle Dancing Pioneer

May 9, 2007

According to John, Man Dies From Battle Dancing is currently the big story on CNN Headline News. America is at war, people are starving and the first named Atlantic tropical disturbance gyrates off the coast of Georgia three months prematurely, but “apparently it’s newsworthy that if you do acrobatic moves and fall on your head [...]

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Day 576: Nineteen-Month-Delayed Aftershocks

March 27, 2007

Last night, I exited the grocery store while D animatedly bemoaned our house’s distinct lack of indoor plant life.  “Bring your planter back from work and let’s refresh it with fresh bamboo stalks.  What about palms?  I want more greenery around.” Barely audible, I replied, “Ever since Katrina and the flood, I’ve refrained from loading [...]

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Day 561: Options

March 12, 2007

A South American friend, let’s call him B, recently moved to the States and informs us that what he finds the most astounding about this country is its plethora of options.  Having recently mastered English (in his own mind), B visited an American grocery store for the first time.  At the checkout counter, the cashier asked the [...]

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Day 463: Le Christmas Tree Is Up

December 4, 2006

And my various and wacky Bonifacian trinkets with it. While PH Fred finds it hard to survive New Orleans and others the city and world over suffer in a similar fashion and differently, I am thankful and content to have pulled my intact tree and ornaments out of storage and put them up, albeit after two long years. As [...]

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Day 372: The Equivalent Of A Dog Tag

September 5, 2006

In Swimming To Work, Michael Homan writes of “travelling” in New Orleans a few days after the levees broke. A year ago today I swam from my flooded house to Xavier University. It’s not something I would recommend. I saw several dead bodies and the scenes still sort of haunt me. I wrote a note [...]

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