April 2005

Blackface and Orangepants

April 12, 2005

The Gambit is all hot and bothered about Jefferson Parish cops using wood cutouts of African-American caricatures for target practice. Hello, the targets are also painted as wearing orange correctional outfits. Why in humanity’s name are officers training to shoot at (maybe) dark people in bright orange clothing unless they are groomed to possess a [...]

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Last Train To Lhasa

April 12, 2005

The slow version of this Banco De Gaia tune popped up on yesterday’s iPod rotation. Desiring not to lose its undulating melancholy, I played the song over and over again, reluctantly confining my player only during my visit to the gym. Imagine my surprise when the Spinning instructor had a 20-minute version of the very [...]

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What

April 8, 2005

Mitch Hedberg Is Dead It appears Hedberg went in true comedic-great style a la Chris Farley and John Belushi. Maybe he’s what’s haunting my kitchen. Sometimes I fall asleep at night with my clothes on. I’m going to have all my clothes made out of blankets. Tweet

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Blogductvity

April 8, 2005

How can I explain, When there are few words I can choose How can I explain, When words get broken Sunday will be the day of change. On this day, I will break these chains of Blogger and Haloscan, and forge my home in the brave new world of WordPress. There comes a time in [...]

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Viva Los Kickballs!

April 6, 2005

I nominated Lucy for captain of our kickball team, Steve seconded and other losers abstained. Motion carried. Lucy accepted. Mac, the captain of the evil, opposite kickball team said of our voting exercise, “This is nothing like a fistfight or drinking competition. It smells of Robert’s Rules of Order or some other such democratic crap.” [...]

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Blog Del Benchilada

April 5, 2005

Today, I discovered my friend Ben’s LiveJournal. Quite by accident, really. We’ve been playing Music Memes, i.e. guess Ben’s favorite song from the band names he lists. I’ve been doing eerily well so far, but the Pixies and Rachmaninoff continue to elude me. Darn’t. Update: I had the right answer for the Pixies (Wave of [...]

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How Much Should A Doctor Get Paid?

April 5, 2005

Found this in-depth New Yorker article on a doctor’s compensation (thanks, Tilo!): Piecework: Medicine’s Money Problem. Atul Gawande tackles a topic near to my conscience, what with my doctor brother and my grappling with these issues on a near-daily basis. Forget doctors, what is anyone worth? Most people are squeamish about saying how much they [...]

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Extended Holi Day for New Orleans

April 4, 2005

This year’s India Association of New Orleans Holi celebration will transpire in the form of a 5K walk, lunch and the usual colorfoolery. Yeah, I know what you’re thinking: Since when have Indians mixed exercise with pleasure? Despite their promise of “further details,” I couldn’t find anything on the IANO website, so here’s the skinny: [...]

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