September 2007

Day 757: Mardi Gras Madness

September 24, 2007

>133 days until Mardi Gras 2008 But only 115 days to Krewe du Vieux!  Last Thursday evening, as I languished in a hotel room in San Antonio, my no-nonsense husband helped the mutha krewe vote on a theme before we all get old and die.  It is Krewe du Vieux’s Magical Misery Tour.  Subkrewes are abuzz with Beatles-related [...]

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Day 753: Prejudice, Hate and The Humans In Between

September 20, 2007

To get an idea of what school life is really like for them, has anyone taken statements from each and every black student at Jena High, or even white students who don’t practise tying hangman’s nooses in their free time, while sitting under the “white tree?” Just thinking of the bigotry-ridden atmosphere in which these [...]

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September 19, 2007

The Jena 6 prosecutor and one episode of Tim Gunn’s Guide To Style had me convinced civilization has reached its stupidity/depravity ceiling.  Boy, was I proven wrong: Nebraska State Senator Sues God.  Under normal circumstances, I’d ask, “Why, God, why?” but it appears He’s busy assembling a legal team.  (Wait for some judge to validate [...]

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Day 752: So Ye Be Wantin’ T’ Go To Sea, Jerry!

September 19, 2007

Talk Like A Pirate Day couldn’t have come at a better time, when many New Orleanians curse out loud, gather bottles of rum and prepare for a possible visit by TS/Hurricane Jerry, the next phase of Tropical Disturbance 93L.  If I understand the model forecasts and the Masters analysis correctly, should a storm choose to come this way, [...]

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Day 751: Typical Pre-Potential-Hurricane Dialogue With D

September 18, 2007

me: so yeah um D: ?? me: Weather Underground Storm Track D: National Hurricane Center – it’s not even listed. me: National Hurricane Center Atlantic Tropical Weather Outlook THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR SUBTROPICAL OR TROPICAL CYCLONE FORMATION OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS AS IT MOVES WESTWARD OVER FLORIDA AND INTO THE EASTERN [...]

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Day 750: K-Ville Liveblogging (Sorta)

September 17, 2007

8:05PM – Did the Marlin Boulet character just ask the kid, “How’s your mominem doing?” after he jumped out of his window while dropping a single homemade (?)  fried shrimp po’ boy? 8:23PM – It is obvious by now that a secret criminal enterprise harbors ill will towards rebuilding soirées. 8:24PM – D: “Coooool! They just [...]

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Day 750: Vinayaka Chathurthi

September 17, 2007

Ganapati in the Srinivasa of Tirupati Style Originally uploaded by calamur Also known as Lord Ganesha‘s birthday, which was celebrated this past weekend. The picture here was taken by my Mumbai-dwelling friend, Harini, and I chose to show it off as a rather rare depiction of our friendly, elephant-headed god. Within Hinduism, there are those [...]

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Day 750: Rocks, Wine & Women

September 17, 2007

Nothing like a week at ~7000-10,000 feet of elevation in God’s country to reboot the mind.  A small correction to a previous assertion: D and geology are the best things that ever happened to me.  I’m thinking about turning in my wedding diamond (simple carbon) for an unpolished chunk of granodiorite.  It could serve the dual purpose of knuckle [...]

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Day 746: I’m Still Here

September 13, 2007

But not quite.  My current disposition is at a computer at the base of this mountain range (guess which one), some hills of which I will be hiking shortly.  Just another one of those perks of being paid to be a geoscientist.  I’ll be back in New Orleans this weekend.  Await pictures and tales of elk mating. Tweet

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Day 739: Football Makes Everything Better

September 6, 2007

8:15PM – Start of the second.  NO 0 – IND 7.  Hey, I just saw Uncle Lionel in this “Life Takes Visa” commercial!  Never mind that most New Orleans merchants actually prefer cold hard cash. Tweet

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