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Jazz Fest 2009
2009-05-08 00:10:00 I needed Jazz Fest this year. It's been...a time. Thursday Got there early with the school groups, had my Jazz Fest breakfast of beignets and unsweetened mandarin orange iced tea, then started off with The Red Hawk Mardi Gras Indians and the Paulin Brothers Brass band. Both were fantastic. The Paulins did ...
Wait a Few
2009-05-08 00:10:00 I did 4 days of Jazz Fest and a few other things in the past 2 weeks. One day soon, I'll post about it. Work sux. More About: Wait
Ayo Gorkhali!
2009-05-02 00:09:00 Near the end of this NPR Morning Edition story, after a shaming Liberal Democrat lecture, Joanna Lumley gives the Gurkha war cry "Ayo Gorkhali!"--it is something to hear.
Blue?
2009-05-02 00:09:00 Blue Dog Coalition? Blue? Blue is not the color I see. I'll be calling them the Cracker Dogs from now on. And my share of the debt today is significantly less than my student loans. Trade? More About: Blue
New Subject Line: Annoying Motherfucker
2009-05-02 00:09:00 An email to a friend who'd emailed me the NYTimes op-ed RE: End the University As We Know It If American higher education is to thrive in the 21st century, colleges and universities, like Wall Street and Detroit, must be rigorously regulated and completely restructured. He assumes, incorrectly, that Wall St. has been ... More About: Line , Subject , Annoying
?you must go on, I can?t go on, I?ll go on?
2009-04-24 12:05:00 Easy to say if you're Samuel Beckett. I've been reluctant to write about work, and especially students, since I'm not even semi-anonymous anymore. I can say that I quit. I get to miss the trickling out of contracts with so many caveats that there's barely anything to sign. Majors may disappear. ...
Ibuprofen Abuse
2009-04-23 12:04:00 If you've heard, read or blogged about this case already, don't waste your time telling me in the comments. Just go read something else. Savana Redding's case has gone to the Supreme Court. The Court has to decide if schools, in the name of protecting their students, can go to what ... More About: Abuse
Can You Hear That?
2009-04-21 12:03:00 Went to French Quarter Fest to see the Soul Rebels who I love but cannot stay up past 9 PM to see. I was in front of one wall of speakers. I thought to myself, What kind of ear protection do they wear? Are they wearing any? Then I felt ... More About: Hear
Wednesday
2009-04-13 23:59:00 A graduate student we're hosting this semester wanted to buy a book from me and had to catch me right before a class--she gave me a $20 and we agreed to meet after my class for her to get the book and her $5 change. I was wearing, uncharacteristically for ... More About: Wednesday
Cheesy YouTube
2009-04-12 23:58:00 The Girl is cultivating her own online life and interests. Cats have always been an almost Asperger's-like obsession-"interest." She sent me an email about this YouTube video the other day: This kitten also likes Cheetos. [We have a cat that loves The Chip--potato, corn, tortilla, Doritos, any bag that crinkles gets his ... More About: Youtube
The Whole Bitch
2009-04-09 11:55:00 Posts are all here. There may be some glitches here and there. I am still very sorry about all your broken links. More About: Bitch
If Only
2009-04-07 23:53:00 I intend to write an insomniac manifesto, apology and plea to all my friends, loved relatives, want-you-to-be-my friends with pungent quotes from Insomniac and The Promise of Sleep and a couple studies then an explanation of how disabled I am and an appeal to either be patient, more patient, or ...
Underwhelmed
2009-04-06 23:52:00 I was on break recently and really broke. I caught up on my TiVo stuff. Since we're cutting back on cable soon, I've been taping any- and everything I could. I still have most of The Darjeeling Limited to see. Watched Soderbergh's Traffic. Flight of the Conchords, lots of Futurama ...
Recession Periods
2009-04-06 23:52:00 While some are cutting back on manicures or vacations or brand-name canned tomatoes, I'm going to drugstore-brand "feminine products." I've been a loyal Always user for a couple decades. With the recession, and future plans for less income--only I would pursue lower income in a recession--I've switched from the $3.99 packs ... More About: Recession
Backasswards
2009-04-06 23:52:00 Outcry Builds in Washington for Recovery of A.I.G. Bonuses--NYTimes The bonuses that the American International Group awarded last week were paid to 418 employees and included $33.6 million for 52 people who have left the failed insurance conglomerate, according to the office of the New York attorney general. ... The company paid the ...
Ambien v. Lunesta
2009-04-06 23:52:00 3 mg. of Lunesta, 5-6 hours of sleep and I still felt run over. So I stopped taking it for about 4 days, maybe 5. It's blurry now. And I quickly deteriorated. It was far more than tiredness or yawning. I was bleary-eyed, forgetful, even more easily irritated than usual, ...
25 Writers Meme
2009-04-06 23:52:00 Professor Zero tagged me. I thought I could do it quickly but it's taken me at least a week, maybe more. So here it finally is, in no particular order: Vladimir Nabokov Robert Walser Margarita Karapanou Alice Walker Toni Morrison Toni Cade Bambara Judith Herman Noam Chomsky Jim Thompson Marcel Proust Joyce Carol Oates Angela Davis Franz Kafka Barbara Ehrenreich Patricia Williams Valerie Solanas Molly Ivins Samuel Beckett Yasunari ... More About: Meme , Writers
James Perry for Mayor T-Shirts
2009-04-06 23:52:00 $25 donation = blue or white t-shirt More About: Shirts , T-Shirts , Perry , Mayor , James
The Missed Point
2009-04-06 23:52:00 First: I love this school. I truly love some of the people there. This isn't about spite or calling people out. This school is an example, part of the larger issues at stake. Parents at a local charter school/former magnet school have been debating, wrangling and angsting about Pre K-4 funding ... More About: Point
Insomnia 3285, Sleep Study 0
2009-04-06 23:52:00 Did the sleep study. The results: No sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, abnormal brain waves or arousal spikes. 93% sleep efficiency--93% of the time I was unconscious, I was asleep. I entered REM sleep in 45 minutes. The average is 90 minutes. This means I am sleep-deprived. I had repeated episodes of REM sleep ... More About: Study , Sleep , Insomnia
Monday 3/30: ?Focus Meeting on the Charter School Movement?
2009-04-06 23:52:00 The League of Women Voters of New Orleans Urges you to Attend a Focus Meeting On the Charter School Movement within the New Orleans Public Schools Monday , March 30, 2009 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Parker United Methodist Church 1130 Nashville Avenue 70115 Dr. Andre Perry, PhD - Speaker President and Director of the University of New Orleans Charter Network Focusing ...
Betty, I Never Knew Ya
2009-04-03 05:48:00 You have to love this clip of Betty White on Craig Ferguson: Happy Friday.
Post-Work Reading
2009-04-03 05:48:00 McCain Co-Chair Calls Obama "A Guy Of The Street," Raises Drug Use (HuffPost ) Palin: Obama not telling ?total truth? (Politico) McCain-Palin Rally Attendees: "Obama Is A Terrorist" (HuffPost again) The shit storm has begun--this, along with He-Is-The-OTHER references to "domestic terrorists" by Gov. Palin and Who-Is-He-REALLY? from McCain, is just the beginning ... More About: Reading , Work
Ugh
2009-04-03 05:48:00 Where to start? William Jefferson-Helena Moreno runoff Huh? I would say, How? but I think I can guess that much. I've heard people say that Jefferson got votes because he has the "experience" to push our local interests in the House. Have they been under rocks all this time? As Mister says, ...
Post-Work Reading
2009-01-29 16:15:00 McCain Co-Chair Calls Obama "A Guy Of The Street," Raises Drug Use (HuffPost ) Palin: Obama not telling ?total truth? (Politico) McCain-Palin Rally Attendees: "Obama Is A Terrorist" (HuffPost again) The shit storm has begun--this, along with He-Is-The-OTHER references to "domestic terrorists" by Gov. Palin and Who-Is-He-REALLY? from McCain, is just the beginning ... More About: Reading , Work
Betty, I Never Knew Ya
2009-01-29 16:15:00 You have to love this clip of Betty White on Craig Ferguson: Happy Friday.
Ugh
More articles from this author:2008-10-07 15:42:00 Where to start? William Jefferson-Helena Moreno runoff Huh? I would say, How? but I think I can guess that much. I've heard people say that Jefferson got votes because he has the "experience" to push our local interests in the House. Have they been under rocks all this time? As Mister says, ... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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