Day 276: New Orleans IS Sinking
Posted on May 31, 2006 - Filed Under We Are Not Ok, geology, government, katrina, new orleans | Leave a Comment
… and I don’t want to swim.
CNN.com: Study finds rapid pre-Katrina sinking in New Orleans Certain parts of New Orleans subsided more rapidly than predicted, i.e. more than one inch per year, over the last four years, contributing to localized levee failure after last year’s Hurricane Katrina.
“What we found is that some of the levee failure […]
Posted on May 31, 2006 - Filed Under blurbs, new orleans, travel | Leave a Comment
May 31, 2006 - Tropical Depression Aletta just left Mexico. She couldn’t wait until June, the beast. We are not amused. It’s not Alberto, not just yet. Also, I’m FINALLY back in New Orleans, right in time for Cowboy Mouth at Lafayette Square this evening.
Read More..>>Posted on May 30, 2006 - Filed Under blurbs, travel | 3 Comments
May 30, 2006 - Still breathing Midwestern air until tomorrow morning, courtesy of United Airlines whose no-fly excuses today included “Chicago weather” and “indefinite delay due to mechanical difficulties.” Heading for bed a few minutes ago, my brother said, “Nothing personal, but I don’t want to see you again for a while.” Seriously, how many […]
Read More..>>Day 274: Weathering The Weather
Posted on May 29, 2006 - Filed Under katrina, new orleans, travel | 5 Comments
Thanks to United Airlines, not only did I leave New Orleans for the Midwest 1.5 days later than originally intended, but also was forced to stay up here for another 24 hours due to extended Wheels Up time in stormy Chicago. While I am inclined to believe the offered explanation, United and Chicago O’Hare […]
Read More..>>Posted on May 26, 2006 - Filed Under blurbs, books, new orleans, travel | 4 Comments
May 26, 2006 - Shopping with my mom and eating a delicious, home-cooked South Indian meal is what I would have been doing tonight had my travel plans not been utterly bollocksed by United Airlines and yesterday’s inclement Upper Midwestern weather.
On the bright side (and how): Over dinner with my next-door neighbor, Greg, and his […]
Day 269: Mere Ovens?
Posted on May 24, 2006 - Filed Under culture-society-history, government | 6 Comments
As Lousiana steels itself for the possible flip of Roe v. Wade, the topic of the following post increases in relevance. Do you notice that, through all of this, not a one cares about the emotional and physical welfare of the child in question?
CBSNews.com reports that the feminist blogosphere is aghast over new government […]
Day 268: Opus Is Home!
Posted on May 23, 2006 - Filed Under culture-society-history, new orleans | 2 Comments
Well, he’s really a puffin and I don’t know if any of the arrivals are indeed named Opus. Anyway,
Huzzah! The Penguins And Otters Are Back At The Aquarium!
Nineteen African blackfooted penguins and two sea otters that were rescued from a New Orleans aquarium after Hurricane Katrina [and had been living at the Monterey Bay Aquarium since September] […]
Read More..>>Day 267: Further Proof Of The DNC’s Ineffectiveness
Posted on May 22, 2006 - Filed Under government, new orleans | 4 Comments
They can’t even “rig an election” right.
This is why I find local politics more interesting. Instead of smashing my head against the wall, frustrated at Americans who would believe the aforementioned “vast left-wing conspiracy,” I’d rather see how the votes played out in my neighborhood. What with change beginning at the local block party and […]
Posted on May 22, 2006 - Filed Under blurbs, katrina, movies/tv, new orleans | Leave a Comment
May 22, 2006 - Incidentally, I’m a people of New Orleans, too. Remind me not to appear before a video camera when … err … puffy.
Read More..>>Day 266: It’s Only Just Begun
Posted on May 21, 2006 - Filed Under government, katrina, new orleans | 2 Comments
Two candidates out of five ain’t bad. Arthur Morrell’s victory over Nick Varrecchio in the Clerk of Criminal District Court race really hurts, but Nagin winning doesn’t seem to bother me like I thought it would. Twenty six candidates for mayor in the primary and I didn’t like one, not one. On the other hand, […]
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