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Truer Words

December 13, 2010

One of my favorite people emerges momentarily to say: Things are changing, but that, it now strikes me more than ever, is a stupid thing to write. If there is one thing my generation can vouch for with certainty, it is change. There were no such things as cell phones, or blogs when our lifetime [...]

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David Simon Interview In WSJ Speakeasy

October 26, 2010

WSJ Speakeasy | David Simon on ‘Treme’ and Why Journalism Might Not Be Doomed (hat tip, Ray) … Are more people likely to engage with the subject matter than journalism? Sadly, yes. That is true. If “Treme” runs for some time and gets out on DVD and video on demand, people will find it and [...]

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I Present The Mythical Three-Headed Ferret

September 30, 2010

A couple of weekends ago, I finally got to meet the famed dingos of the temple of Athenae. And there was much chaos. Q: What is a group of ferrets called? Survey says: A group of ferrets is called a ”business” or busy-ness. They’re not kidding about the business part. The Chicago mob ain’t got nothing [...]

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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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2010: A (Dorky) Space Odyssey

July 2, 2010

The Lone SysAdmin, his lovely new fiancee, D and I were lounging in my living room last weekend. When I stumbled on a laptop and the realization that there were at least two computers per nerd in the room, not counting smartphones. It was, of course, the perfect opportunity for another episode of Interpretive Dance [...]

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Where Is The Mask That Will Never Fade

May 24, 2010

My mother and I recently watched The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button together. Towards the end of the film, with the winds and rains of Hurricane Katrina threatening to break in the windows of a New Orleans hospital room in which her old mother lies dying, Julia Ormond’s Caroline discovers that Benjamin Button was her father. [...]

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A Wedding In City Park

March 27, 2010

Congratulations to Clay and Candice, two of the smartest and sweetest New Orleans bloggers, who were married today. I was there the evening they first met. *sniff* Ayushman Bhava, you two! Tweet

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It’s Carnival Time!

January 6, 2010

I made peace with her mortality, so the only regret I have about my grandma no longer being here is not being able to make a Carnival mask with her.  I’ve mentioned that she was an artist in found objects.  Hindu- and Indian-themed dioramas, wall hangings and decorative room partitions with strips of shiny and [...]

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Maitri-volution In The 00s

December 31, 2009

It’s as good a time as any to take stock.  Thought the 1990s was a crazy decade for me.  Guess I’m prone to crazy decades. 2000 – Met D and his family and friends, now my family and friends. Learned that the American electoral process isn’t all that it’s cut out to be.  Found academia [...]

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Forget Thanks. Just Give.

November 25, 2009

Folse writes the long, reflective, annual post about selective culture straddling and syncretism in modern-day America so I don’t have to. My wife takes the whole thing a bit more seriously, will brook no discussion of the Pilgrims as an American proto-Taliban and insist someone Say Grace. It will likely fall to me, who has [...]

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