January 2006

Day 136: The More You Live, The More You Learn?

January 11, 2006

This is a post about science, economics, human rights and talking to the press. A word to the wise: Don’t stand at the confluence of all of this when severely sleep-deprived. Follow. Yesterday John Lopez, formerly of the Army Corps of Engineers, is now head cheese of coastal sustainability at the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation [...]

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Day 135: Return To New Orleans 4

January 10, 2006

Return To New Orleans 4: Instead of expanding on the blow-by-blow begun yesterday, I will boil my trip down to the observations that stand out the most. Other than that, I was in my home and at Fahy’s (home #2) and you probably don’t want a treatise on the right combination of ambient temperature and [...]

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Day 134: I’m Back, Four Months (And Some Change) Later

January 9, 2006

Back At Le Blog After A Trip To New Orleans: Not that there wasn’t an excellent wireless signal emanating from my house over the course of the weekend, but who wants to sit at a computer with only 2.5 days back in a peaceful home in La Nouvelle Nouvelle Orleans? Now I have nothing to [...]

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Day 130: In NO This Weekend

January 5, 2006

Clean Kitchen – $10.00 Clean Kitchen + New Refrigerator + New Coffeemaker + Good Food + Fine Wine + Julie + Fahy’s Priceless Tweet

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Day 129: I’m Sorry, West Virginia; Rebuilding Recommendations To Mayor Nagin

January 4, 2006

The ultimate piece of news I absorbed before falling asleep at a very late hour last night (or early this morn) was that 12 of the 13 West Virginian coalminers had been found, and that one was definitely dead. “Been found … what is that supposed to mean? Found alive?” was all I thought before [...]

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Day 126: The Asphalt Of Good Intentions

January 1, 2006

Warm, muggy and sunny in Houston, Texas on January 1st. A good sign that 2006 is for me? Last night’s party was a blast, with almost all of the invitees present, even one with a bad back! The Mexican-German-Indian-American food and drink selection was a great success; cultural crossover gatherings make my globe-loving heart go [...]

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