April 2006

Day 225: Orleans Parish Early Voting Begins

April 10, 2006

New Orleanians began early voting today at the local City Hall as well as at satellite stations around the state. ACORN is doing a superb job of transporting the displaced to these satellite centers and back to their exile dwellings in Texas, Georgia, Arkansas and Mississippi. nola.com reports that “ten parishes will open polls to [...]

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Day 225: We Own College Hockey

April 10, 2006

GO BADGERS! First, the women and now the men. Wisconsin State Journal Yeah, yeah, I know, we don’t have ice in Lousiana. But, we did once. Update: In all honesty, I haven’t ever attended many hockey games, but find the sport fascinating. If we get the Brass back in the Arena, I will even attend [...]

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Day 222: Project Gutenberg On PC World’s 101 Fabulous Freebies List!

April 7, 2006

Greetings from the cold, grey north. I’m in Madison, WI this weekend to visit old friends and, more importantly, to help D celebrate his birthday. Did I mention it’s cold? The pair of jeans that were sticking to me in New Orleans’s sultry oven yesterday is now an insufficient barrier against the winds of the [...]

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Day 221: Hello, New Orleans

April 6, 2006

You’re still glowin’, you’re still crowin’ … Downtown New Orleans As Seen From Touro Hospital In The Garden District Tweet

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Day 220: Madison Gets It!; Red River Valley Floods Again

April 5, 2006

While Pandora and Loki are reviled as mischief makers for sticking their noses where they didn’t belong, opening doors to reveal discrepancies and bringing light and knowledge to mere mortals, I find them the muses of enlightened societies. Someone has got to reveal and deal with the problem sooner or later and with a well-equipped [...]

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Day 219: We Are Not Ok

April 4, 2006

Talking about a fire here, another business re-opening or closing there and instances of post-Katrina life in New Orleans has its place. Yet, today, I feel that prepared posts on Charity Hospital and the Tennessee Williams Festival belie my true emotions and intent as a writer for this city. Of what use is telling all [...]

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Day 218: Bombs Away In Old … Minnesota?

April 3, 2006

These people attended the church in Minnesota where Machelle’s dad is minister. “He’s kind of freaked out about it. I guess he never visited their basement.” Three family members were charged Thursday after authorities found 114 explosive devices and more than 20 pounds of explosives at their home [in Faribault, MN] near the Iowa border [...]

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Day 216: No Jokes

April 1, 2006

The sky over Mid-City is grey because of a fire that started this morning. The smell of burning wood permeates the Quarter and Gentilly. This conflagration at the corner of N. Roman and Conti looks a lot worse in reality than the following picture allows for. She’s A Goner Overheard: “Another house without flood insurance [...]

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