The G Bitch SpotThe G Bitch Spotat which a mad black woman rants about New Orleans, insomnia, teaching, various -isms and anything else involving a bitch, a spot or the letter g Articles
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 ...
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
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
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
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 ...
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, ...
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
2009-04-03 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
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.
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.
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
Ugh
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, ...
SFMPOP Comment Period Extended
2008-10-05 03:39:00 From Gambit's blog: The Orleans Parish School Board has announced that it is extending the deadline for public comments for the School Facilities Master Plan to October 17 at 5 p.m. ... It?s no secret, however, that state Superintendent of Education Paul Pastorek is intent on getting the plan approved before ... More About: Comment , Extended , Period
Insomnia: Year Huh?
2008-10-02 03:37:00 Woke at 12:47 this morning after going to bed at 10. I saw 1:55, 2:34 and 3:35 before I gave up on relaxing, thinking about My Happy Place (which is far from here, on a beach, with a soft breeze and someone to put a mojito, margarita or hard lemonade ... More About: Insomnia , Year
SFMPOP: End of Comment Period TOMORROW
2008-10-02 03:37:00 The brief comment period ends tomorrow, Oct. 1. Comment s can be emailed to masterplan@rsdla.net. Multiple issues can be addressed: the closing of a particular school or schools; the unidentified re-use of the buildings of closed and never-reopened schools; the historic character of many of our public school buildings (some of ... More About: Tomorrow , Period
The Palin Truth
2008-09-29 03:35:00 Oyster's got a fabulous post on the flimflam that is VP nominee Sarah Palin. And I'd like to point out to Gov. Palin and her true-believers fan club that Alaska is next to Siberia, hardly the center of Russian political power or trade. I still say this choice of Palin should tell ... More About: Truth
KFC, KFC, KFC, K
2008-09-29 03:35:00 KFC, a YouTube jewel. Absolutely brilliant. [Not for work or children.]
Free at Last, Free at Last
2008-09-27 03:34:00 The Bitch is back. Again. Look for me at bark, bugs, leaves, and lizards tonight---we'll either liveblog a debate or liveblog McCain's dumb/poor tactical move. And it doesn't look like suspending his campaign has helped Congress and the White House reach a deal. More About: Free , Free At Last
To Go Home
2008-09-04 15:23:00 All checkpoints lifted. New Orleans residents can come home Might not have power. So be it. I'm bringing what I can from TX. It's about time we were allowed to come home and clean up. I know damn well the City is not going to clean up my street. Mister did that ... More About: Home
Now, We Wait
2008-09-03 15:22:00 The Bitch and fam are safe and sound outside LA. Now we wait. I see, too, that folks I never expected to evacuate left this time. More About: Wait
The Wait Continues
2008-09-03 15:22:00 Maitri has beeen Tweeting all morning and afternoon. The latest: WWL footage of overtopping at Florida Ave looks a lot worse than an hour ago. We're going to hear a lot of rumors here on out. If you hear something, please pass on a source. If you can't, ask for confirmation. And check ... More About: Wait
It?s Time
2008-08-31 03:20:00 Last time, I felt dread in the soles of my feet and we left early, were settled in our exile before some people even thought about going. Now, we are on the tail end, leaving at the last moment, wanting to believe it would be all right and we could ... More About: Time
Still Not OK
2008-08-30 03:19:00 It's hard to think about Katrina or much of anything with Gustav a few days away. If I am ordered to leave, I will go. If not, I'm staying put. I'll get back to the post-Flood life post-Gustav and -Hanna.
Liveblogging the Dem Convention Finale: Mister, G-Bitch &?
2008-08-30 03:19:00 Meet chet_hix. Here's his self-disclosure: And I'm bringing a ton of bias. When McCain decided to take the low road and employ the same tired-ass, fear-and-smear strategy the Republicans have been rolling out since Reagan, I was actually surprised. I thought he was smarter than that. They can't ... More About: Finale , Bitch , Convention , Liveblogging
Make Friends, Lose Friends
More articles from this author:2008-08-26 15:16:00 Some people, maybe more than some, think that if The Shit went down, they'd be on the side of Righteous Rebellion, like the hero (always a hero) in a sci-fi-ish movie with lots of grungy interiors and wince-inducing character or place names. But many of them wouldn't. In times of ... More About: Friends , Make 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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