February 2009

Day 1259: Won’t You Let Me Take You On A Sea Cruise?

February 6, 2009

Forget him as a musician. Frankie Ford, king of Krewe du Vieux 2009, is hilarious, truly a laugh a minute, while his queen, Barbara Bennett, is as gorgeous as she is witty.  That so many of us howled and blushed at Frankie’s incessant jokes, and Barbara only encouraged him, proves that we picked our royalty [...]

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Day 1258: Seafood City!

February 5, 2009

Al Scramuzza, Mr. Seafood City and past king of Krewe du Vieux, graced our dinner last night. D and Weezy with Al Scramuzza The following video shows the making of the Seafood City commercial. Love the kid singing in a crawfish costume! Tweet

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Day 1257: NOLA Brass Bands On Krewe Du Vieux Parade

February 4, 2009

While putting money together for the Krewe du Vieux brass bands, I wonder what they think of our parade.  We cavort, giggle, stumble and stagger through the streets of the Marigny and French Quarter in strange, convoluted combinations of felt, spandex, cardboard, duct tape, glitter and other accoutrements.  The musicians follow faithfully in their crisp uniforms and tight [...]

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Day 1256: Why English Grammar Is Important

February 3, 2009

Of ≠ In BoingBoing | Bakers make cake with image of flash drive instead of image in flash drive On the bright side, the baker didn’t put the flash drive in the cake.  That would be a lot harder to swallow than a king cake baby. Tweet

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February 3, 2009

The Gambit spells out what many of us think of Carlos Mencia as celebrity guest of the Orpheus parade this year – here and HERE.  Harry, I love you, but what were the organizing committee and you thinking?  Are we that hard up for talented celebrities? Tweet

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Day 1256: The Recession Made Me Correct Your Rotten English

February 3, 2009

MSNBC.com | Fastidious Spelling Snobs Pushed Over The Edge … while blunders and bloopers have ever exasperated the spelling snobs and grammar grunions of the world, our recent woes — housing foreclosures, massive layoffs, rising debt and war — may be ratcheting up the pressure some feel to seize control of something (anything!), even if [...]

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Day 1256: Stuff That Reporting Mouth

February 3, 2009

WSJ | Pfizer Plans Layoff Of 800 Researchers The pharmaceutical industry faces pressure from investors to slash its spending because drugs generating an estimated $30 billion in sales will lose patent protection over the next several years, sparking competition from less-expensive generic drugs. The recession may trigger even bigger spending cuts, analysts said, if cash-strapped [...]

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Day 1255: Darned Rodents

February 2, 2009

Forget Phil the poser, ok? JIMMY of Sun Prairie, WI saw his own shadow today and predicts six more weeks of winter. So did the cute, little, lost fuzzball of a snow-white ferret* who came into Fahy’s during the Superbowl party last night. Too bad he was taken away by Ferret Rescue NOLA before making more useful [...]

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Day 1254: Young Guardians Of The Flame

February 1, 2009

Photo published with kind permission of Ms. Herreast Harrison. On the last day of Prospect.1, I had the delightful honor of catching a demonstration of Mardi Gras Indian culture at the Colton School.  It wasn’t adults up there, but children attending Indian school, specifically the Young Guardians Of The Flame of the Guardians Institute.  The [...]

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