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
Happinesses #1 & 2
2007-02-15 10:10:06 Big Mama Thornton on YouTube. Taking The Girl to Muses on a school night. More About: Happiness , Esse , Ness
Dear University Student #20
2007-02-15 10:10:06 Do not insist that we must have a conference 3 weeks into the new semester when I have already told you, in writing, from my official Univ ersity email, twice, that you completed 2 out of 12 assignments and didn't submit an out-of-class essay worth 20% of your final grade. Or ... More About: Student , Univers
blood-curdling scream
2007-02-14 10:09:02 Go right now to Dambala's post on more Nagin crony trough-slurping. **** Then ask yourself, If the National Guard can use community policing tactics, why can't the NOPD? **** And did I hear Stacy Head on WWL's broadcast of the city council Criminal Justice Committee meeting today that she wants the police ... More About: Scream , Blood , Cream
More Than Blue Lights Are Needed
2007-02-11 10:08:02 Let me make my position clear: I do not believe that more police officers on the street will help our crime problem. A small amount of crime is going to happen and/or be random and can't be prevented--not without the kind of social services and safety net usually sneered at ... More About: Blue , Light , More , Need , Lights
Another Reason to Stay: Update
2007-02-11 10:08:02 Today's high: 70 degrees Uptown parades: Oshun - 6:00 p.m; Pygmalion - 7:00 p.m. More About: Other , Update , Reason , Another , Stay
#*@*%^#*@*%^!!
2007-02-07 22:06:01 Curbside recycling unlikely to return: Prior to the storm, BFI Inc., doing business as Allied Waste, was the recycling contractor for Jefferson and St. Charles parishes. But its materials-recovery facility shut down in January because parishes haven't resumed their recycling programs, according to a report from Jefferson Parish's environmental services ...
How You Doin?? I?m Doin?.
2007-02-06 04:03:02 I have several thoughts in mind that will become posts once some miracle--an extra 3 hours of consciousness a day, smaller classes, better students, a few million dollars and a full-time staff--occurs......... 1. City Hall bribery case is crowded: Naw, really? And you didn't even get a quarter of the crooked ...
Where My Foot Should Go
2007-02-02 16:00:07 Sen. Joseph Biden has apologized for his comment about assumed presidential candidate and fellow senator Barack Obama: "the first mainstream African American [presidential candidate] who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy. I mean, that's a storybook, man." I've been called "clean" before and though the white speaker ... More About: Here , Should , Where , Foot
Please Pardon My Revising
2007-01-27 03:56:01 Obvious and occasionally disastrous tinkering ahead. Patience requested. More About: Sing , Please , Visi , Lease , Ease
One Urge
2007-01-27 03:56:01 ...to stomp into Nagin's office, pimp slap him and say, "Bitch, where the fuck is my damn recycling?!?" I would never, ever do such a thing but I might suck my teeth at him. More About: Urge
Call to Action Respectful Listening En Masse
2007-01-27 03:56:01 The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs is holding a field meeting in NO Monday the 29th (yes, Monday) starting at 9 a.m at the LA Supreme Court, 400 Royal St. The Senate committee announcement is here and there are more details at Think New Orleans. The idea ... More About: Action , List , Listen , Respect , Call
Too Mad for (Many) Words
2007-01-27 03:56:01 #1: Widower relives N.O. nightmare--why did Superintendent Riley have to cover his ass by smearing a survivor of a violent crime? Could this be part of the reason why murderers have more freedom than prostitutes? Why was he trying to threaten Paul Gailiunas through the media into "cooperating"? Grrrrrrr.... #2: Feds ... More About: Word , Words
Another Reason to Stay
2007-01-24 03:54:03 Roses and wildflower seedlings in January. More About: Other , Reason , Another , Stay
Ad for Andre Trevigne's talk show on 99.5 FM:
...your aftern
2007-01-13 21:46:02 Ad for Andre Trevi gne's talk show on 99.5 FM: ...your afternoon meeting of the minds I needed the laugh. More About: Show , Your , Talk
Somewhat crude but I missed the Audio Editing Workshop becau
2007-01-13 21:46:02 Somewhat crude but I missed the Audi o Editing Work shop because I, like many before and after, had an accident on Prytania. Jerome "Baybay" Jones [audio:http://www.g-bitch.com/wp-content/ audio/jerome_jones.mp3] Uptown/business owner speaker [audio:http://www.g-bitch.com/wp-content/ audio/bizness_speaker.mp3] Bart Everson, part 1 [audio:http://www.g-bitch.com/wp-content/ audio/everson_1.mp3] Bart Everson, part 2 [audio:http://www.g-bitch.com/wp-content/ audio/everson_2.mp3] link to pics More About: What
Nola.com has (had?) posted video of all the speeches yesterd
2007-01-13 21:46:02 Nola.com has (had?) posted video of all the speeches yesterday: Rev. John Raphael, Jr.; Karen Gadbois; Jerome Jones, Bart Everson, Glen David Andrews, Nikita Shavers, Raj Pannu and Rev. Norwood Thompson, Jr. I have some audio of some of the speakers plus Charmaine Neville singing in the crowd. I'll post ... More About: Video , Post , Speech , Este , Speeches
Go to NOLA-dishu
2007-01-04 03:37:01 HT to Dambala. Clay at NOLA-dishu is compiling a set of crime statistics and maps for the NO area. You need Google Earth but then can download the file to see the maps. Clay offers maps of the most dangerous areas (Central City, Treme and 7th Ward, Jefferson City, Kenner and ... More About: Dish
People Really Do #@^$%!* Live Here
2007-01-03 15:36:03 Oh. Charged in post-Katrina slaying, seven NOPD officers report to jail My. 121 guns stolen from shop in Metairie Ouch. N.O. murder rate seven to 10 times national rate pic by *riot* More About: People , Live , Real , Here , Really
One Question for Our Mayor
2007-01-03 15:36:03 Where in the fuck is the recycling? Twice weekly trash pickup starts (Times-Pic) also see my "Some Quest ion s for Our Mayor " tag: Ray Nagin
That New Direction You May Have Missed
2007-01-02 15:35:04 If anything deserves a close analytical reading, the document announced in Friday's release from Da Mayor's office screams for such. How do I get a copy? Anybody have it and want to give it to me? The few tidbits in the press release the Times-Pic got: As Mayor C. Ray Nagin ... More About: Hat , Direct , Miss , Have , That
Sad Music News
2006-12-30 03:33:02 Another young musician gone, this time Dinerral Shavers, snare drummer for the Hot 8 Brass Band: Shavers was the snare drummer for the Hot 8 Brass Band and the music teacher at L.E. Rabouin High School, where he had recently begun the school's first-ever marching band. "I've got 80 kids ... More About: News , Music , C News , Advil
What Dropping Bob Odom?s Name Gets You
2006-12-30 03:33:02 I take this quite seriously. I've written many an angry letter and/or email to presidents, senators, representatives, pro-life organizations, etc. and I know one residence has been searched (Mister is skeptical but letters did go missing). More for the eyes of the DOJ or NSA or whoever--the seemingly-imminent execution of Saddam ... More About: What , Hat , Name , Gets , Ping
G Bitch: The Move
2006-12-28 15:31:04 The "new" blog. Same bitch, same g attitude, different place. The Blogger site will be gradually phased out and left as an archive. This blog will stabilize in 2, 3 weeks, a month or 2---after Mardi Gras at the latest. More About: Bitch , Move
UNOP District Meetings #3
2006-12-28 15:31:04 Round 3: Draft District Plans December 15th meeting: District 13 Woodland Presbyterian Church, 5824 Berkley Drive December 16th meetings, Districts 2-12 I am having trouble generating enthusiasm. Will it be the same? Will there be something different? Will I need to take a nap after? And can I do it this particular week, ... More About: Meetings , Strict
The ?recovery? continues to continue to go poorly
2006-12-28 15:31:04 For some. But for all of us as far as health care is concerned. Look at "New Orleans threatened by 'brain drain' "--though I disagree with the assumption that the brain drain is new. It has accelerated and branched out to professions that were somewhat safer bets before the breaches ... More About: Recovery , Cover , Over , Poor , Conti
Major Depression
2006-12-28 15:31:04 There is still, I believe, a difference between major depression and the shit you feel like because your city is being left to rot and not-so-slowly starve. http://www.mental-health-today.com/dep/ds m.htm Major Depressive Episode ... More About: Depression , Press , Sion
Complex PTSD
2006-12-28 15:31:04 http://crystal.palace.net/~llama/psych/cp tsd.html Recommended DSM diagnostic criteria, per Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman, c1992 by Basic Books. A history of subjection to totalitarian control over a prolonged period (months to years). Examples include hostages, prisoners of war, concentration-camp survivors, and ... More About: Comp , Complex
Holiday Greeting
2006-12-28 15:31:04 It's time to make another magical, atheist, vegan Christmas/holiday season for The Girl. I will take a break from now until about the 30th. Spare an animal--have a vegetarian/vegan holiday meal. Donate to others and smile for no reason. More About: Holiday , Greeting
Equal Pay Day
0000-00-00 00:00:00 On April 24, women catch up with men's 2006 earnings. Women still average 77 cents for every man's dollar. Yeah, it does make a difference. Wear red on the 24th, write letters to the powers that be or just raise your voice. My favorite suggestion is the Un-Happy Hour. from Women Deserve ... More About: Equal
“Forget the suburbs, man.”
More articles from this author:0000-00-00 00:00:00 "Ms. Luddy, what's the suburbs?" Kayla asked, out of the blue, derailing a midafternoon transition to math. Kayla's thick braids bumped off her high cheekbones. She fiddled with an elastic band and moved restlessly off her butt, onto her knees. She stared at Ms. Luddy. All eyes looked up at Ms. ... More About: Forge 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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