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Fever, Fire & Water
1 days ago
I see I have some catching up to do. Last Tuesday night I started to feel like I was coming…
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Be Revolutionary
3 days ago
There’s something I wanted to write at the first anniversary of Katrina, but I never did. I thought about it…
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Harsh Piano
6 days ago
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Katrina Time
6 days ago
It’s that time of year when remembrance dominates our minds and the media. For some it can be painful and…
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A Moment of Silence
8 days ago
After eleven years on the job in faculty development, I just led my first session that didn’t have anything to…
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Pick One
8 days ago
I’ll be on that panel tonight (Katrina 5.0) and they’ve asked me to read a post from my blog from…
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Comiskey Shot
9 days ago
Now that school’s back in session and my daughter’s back in daycare, I’m back to riding on the Jeff Davis…
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Two and a Half
11 days ago
Dear Persephone, A friend recently asked me if we would be having a party for your half-birthday. That conjured images…
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Two Views
14 days ago
I look to houses and buildings for signs of our progress — or lack of it. People are more important…
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Empaneled
16 days ago
Next week I’ll be on a panel called “Katrina 5.0: A Symposium on Technology & Blogging” hosted by the Louisiana…
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Life’s Too Good
17 days ago
I’ve been reflecting lately on how happy I am, and this makes me nervous. I love my daughter and my…
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Quoted
17 days ago
I’m quoted in this article from the morning paper.
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Perils of Reading
19 days ago
I wanted to write something here about how to enjoy a book, novels in particular. I’ve touched on this before,…
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Back to School
21 days ago
Instead of strengthening into a named storm, Tropical Depression #5 petered out and dissipated into nothing but a bunch of…
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Sunshine & Sausage
23 days ago
Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made. — Otto von Bismarck I had the…
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A Very Silly Dream
24 days ago
Over the last week I’ve been sleeping less soundly and remembering my dreams better. I believe the two are related,…
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Post-Tales
26 days ago
Tales of the Cocktail is over. But there are a few more things I wanted to mention. I really liked…
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Purple & Black Rain
28 days ago
The dry spell was broken at last this morning. Purple (and Black) Rain by Editor B
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French Quarter Green
29 days ago
I’m taking this week off work to get some things done around the house. My main objective is to repaint…
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Happy Lammas
30 days ago
Happy belated Lammas or Lughnasadh or whatever else you may call it. (I guess it’s over now. I get confused…
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The Eggpire Strikes Back
33 days ago
At Tales of the Cocktail this year, media types like myself were guaranteed access to five seminars. I had exhausted…
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Religious Spirits
35 days ago
How does one spend Sunday morning at Tales of the Cocktail? How about a seminar on “Religious Spirits”? This session…
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I Hate Vodka
36 days ago
The world loves vodka, you may have noticed. Not me. I’m not a hater by nature, but I get tired…
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Armagnac
37 days ago
I confess I didn’t know who Dale DeGroff is. I was probably the only person at Tales of the Cocktail…
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A Shot of Black Stuff
38 days ago
My palate has shifted over the last year. I know this, because at Tales of the Cocktail 2009, I had…
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Gin & Prohibition
40 days ago
The first seminar I attended at Tales of the Cocktail this year was called “Prohibition & Gin” but I think…
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More to Come
41 days ago
From this point on it’s going to be a challenge for my writing to keep pace with reality. I attended…
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Toast to Tales
42 days ago
Toast by Editor B Tales of the Cocktail kicked into full gear today. The seminars on this first day are…
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Twenty-Nine Months
43 days ago
Dear Persephone, It’s finally happened. Your imagination has caught fire, and I’ve been drawn into your fantasy world on several…
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To Do
45 days ago
I really need to get on top of this stuff before the list gets any longer. We’ve been living in…
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Post Dance
46 days ago
Perhaps I was inspired by all the art we saw yesterday, because when I got home I made a video…
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Koan
46 days ago
I was leafing through Lagniappe today and came across an article by Doug MacCash, about a guy named Charlie Bishop…
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“Which one did you use?”
49 days ago
We went to a release party for the new issue of The Trumpet last night. I remember attending some of…
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Mandatory Ejaculation
51 days ago
I’m sure my parents will be proud to know I’m now the number one result for mandatory ejaculation on Google.…
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Nominated
52 days ago
I was recently thrilled, honored, flattered and otherwise gratified to learn that I’ve been nominated for an Ashley Morris Award.…
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Eyes Wide Open
55 days ago
The mayor came to our campus yesterday to deliver a speech with the theme “Eyes Wide Open.” Strangely enough, few…
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Visitation
56 days ago
I guess the official date is in April but I took my daughter to work yesterday. She was here about…
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A Quarter of My Life
58 days ago
Sometime a few months ago this slipped past me: I’ve now spent a quarter of my life in the city…
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Cloudy with a Chance of Tarballs
59 days ago
Many months ago, we booked a condo in Panama City Beach, Florida. (I should say, my mother-in-law booked the place.…
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IFBD 2010
60 days ago
Every year I exhort people to listen to the stirring inspirational lyrics penned by Dr. Paul of the Troublemakers for…
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Class of ’85
63 days ago
I recently got an invite to my 25th high school reunion, and I thought — twenty-five years? Has it really…
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Maximal Realization
65 days ago
I’m quoted in this Gambit article by Sarah Eddington. I use big words like “maximal” and “expeditiously” and “stuff.” The…
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Summer 2010
68 days ago
Summer is my favorite season. Take a brief vacation from reality with this summery mix.
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Better Safe
71 days ago
I woke around dawn to the sound of heavy downpouring rain. After it kept up for a while, I reluctantly…
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Twenty-Eight Months
73 days ago
Dear Persephone, When I ask how old you are, you’ve learned to say “two and a quarter.” But I guess…
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Lessons Learned
76 days ago
A few weeks back I had a bit of an educational experience. I can’t get into specifics, but I’m wondering…
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Xy Update
79 days ago
We’ve taken Persephone out of daycare for the summer. Xy’s finally having some time to bond with her, which is…
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Invalid Nodes, Etc.
84 days ago
My daughter and I enjoyed a fine outing to the park and museum Sunday, but when we came home the…
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Quoted * 2
85 days ago
I have quotes in a couple recent press releases regarding the city’s reacquisition of the so-called LIFT parcel, which brings…
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Krewe of Dead Pelicans
87 days ago
Despite the fact that this event was promoted primarily through a social network site, and despite the fact that I’m…
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Vnad Ladlkj Faldkfj
89 days ago
Here’s a shot of the Times-Picayune, Section C, May 29, 2010. Oops. I still remember when I discovered the existence…
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My Latest Crisis
90 days ago
Many people around the city are familiar with Grace Episcopal Church on Canal Street, as many community meetings are held…
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Good News, Bad News
91 days ago
So I says to Howie, I says, “Howie, the good news is they’ve installed that new toilet in the men’s…
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Batchin’ It
91 days ago
For the last week Xy and Persephone have been out in the proverbial boonies, hanging with some friends at a…
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Cinematic Weekend
93 days ago
My wife and daughter went out of town with some friends for the holiday weekend, leaving me here in New…
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Post Protest
94 days ago
Despite the rain, hundreds of people turned out for the protest yesterday, so many I couldn’t fit them all even…
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Seminars
97 days ago
Here are the seminars I’ll be attending at Tales of the Cocktail. You can expect an in-depth account of each…
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Salmon Quandry
98 days ago
We’ve been in the habit of eating salmon about once a week, usually on Sunday. I’ve perfected a very simple…
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Protest
99 days ago
I haven’t been to a protest for a while. Think I’ll make this one. BP Oil Flood Protest Sunday, May…
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Sandbox Dialog
100 days ago
We stopped by our friends’ house yesterday and I talked to a couple four-year-old-boys playing in the sandbox. One of…
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Dark Cloud of Oil
101 days ago
I hesitate to write much about the oil apocalypse in the Gulf, because it’s complicated and technical and I don’t…
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Strange Egg
103 days ago
Ever seen an egg shaped like this before? Both ends are the same size! Such eggs would have put an…
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Twenty-Seven Months
104 days ago
Dear Persephone, For some reason, I didn’t realize you were old enough to appreciate stories. I mean, even though I…
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Geauxjira
105 days ago
I can’t take the blame for this one. That goes to Michael Homan. But if you watch closely you’ll see…
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How Marxist Are You?
106 days ago
I was recently contacted by a college student at a certain large Midwestern state-sponsored university. It seems he was enrolled…
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Street Flood Panorama
106 days ago
We got some heavy rain Sunday morning. It caused widespread street flooding throughout New Orleans. I know our street certainly…
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My Introduction to YouTube Poop
107 days ago
We played host over the weekend to an eleven-year-old boy whose mother (a friend of ours) had to make a…
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Air in the Paragraph Line #13
107 days ago
As if I didn’t have enough problems, Air in the Paragraph Line #13 recently landed in my lap. It was…
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Coffee Reduction #7
108 days ago
It’s that time of year again. Early last week I cut my coffee consumption down to three cups per day,…
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American Flag
108 days ago
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DSC00001.JPG
113 days ago
Our new camera arrived yesterday afternoon, a Sony DSC-HX5V. This is the first shot, straight out the box, without understanding…
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Hike Report 2010
115 days ago
Saturday was the Sixth Annual Hike of the Lafitte Corridor, a great day for me — or it would have…
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Entergy Writes Back
399 days ago
Remember that letter I sent to Entergy? I got a reply. July 22, 2009 Dear Mr. Everson As Director of…
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Helen Hill Birthday Fundraiser
120 days ago
Of course I will be hiking Saturday morning, and I encourage all to come with us, but there’s another event…
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Avant Mellow
324 days ago
Avant-garde music has a bad rap for being screeching and unpleasant. Here’s a mix that proves otherwise. Some of it…
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Mid-City Community Garden
494 days ago
My neighborhood is still capable of surprising me every now and again. Such was the case yesterday when we stopped…
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Apostaversary
308 days ago
Today I celebrate a quarter-century of atheism. A quarter century? Why yes. Here is an entry from my journal 25…
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Toxic Waste Panic in Mid-City
501 days ago
Our big excitement today came when the New Orleans Fire Department came out to investigate a suspicious canister leaking a…
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Hike the Lafitte Corridor
479 days ago
What are you doing for National Trails Day? If you’re in New Orleans, please join us for the 5th Annual…
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Moved
297 days ago
With help from over twenty friends and neighbors we knocked our move out in just over four and a half…
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Hellacious Saturday
507 days ago
As I rode my bike to my book club yesterday morning, I wondered idly what name the day might have.…
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At the Meeting
513 days ago
Here we go again, I thought, as I sat down at the MCNO meeting last night. Once again New Orleanians…
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Now It’s Time to Say Goodnight
495 days ago
Consider this a father-daughter lullaby duet of sorts. Now It’s Time to Say Goodnight by Editor B
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Staying Positive
344 days ago
Here’s a mix of twenty-one tracks to inspire and uplift, occasionally veering into the cornball but mostly keeping it real,…
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Waveland
503 days ago
We took the girl to Waveland, Mississippi, yesterday, for her first visit to a beach. Here’s a slideshow of a…
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A Haphazard List of Possible Future Topics for Pleasure
504 days ago
This is the third installment of three sample documents dredged up from my old Brother WP-500 disks. I really have…
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Why Halloween Sucks
671 days ago
Why do I hate Hallowe’en? It’s because of the Electronic Light-up Scary Yo-yo from Gealex Toys. It’s because of the…
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Closer to the Greenway
502 days ago
From New Orleans City Business: City moving closer to work on creating Lafitte greenway Redeveloping 3-mile stretch from Quarter to…
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Ténébreuse Responsorium
510 days ago
Here’s a Good Friday mashup to help you celebrate the day. Tenebreuse Responsorium by Editor B
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Fourteen Months
499 days ago
Dear Persephone, You’re walking better than ever, though you still have plenty of spills, including a tumble down the stairs…
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Saints Metaphor
274 days ago
I was listening to WWL and WBOK yesterday. These two talk-radio stations could not be more different in so many…
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Trial by Water
263 days ago
I wasn’t feeling quite right. When Xy offered to take our daughter with her on a shopping expedition I assented.…
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April 5, 2009
515 days ago
The day started off badly enough. I wasn’t feeling so hot — one too many gin and tonics the night…
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Vehicular Challenge
261 days ago
Michael gave me a lift early Sunday morning to pick up the car from where Xy had abandoned it on…
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Dear Aunt Ron
485 days ago
Dear Aunt Ron, Thanks for Persephone’s birthday gift. It will probably take her a while to grow into those clothes,…
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Supervillain
370 days ago
This is not quite the “supervillain look” I described last week, but it’s as close as I’m liable to capture…
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What Happened to That Boy?
333 days ago
Note: The title’s a lyrical reference to a New Orleans hip-hop track, and of course there’s a (NSFW) mix if…
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Skylar Fein Rocks
332 days ago
Here’s a li’l art rock mix in honor of the fun we had over the weekend. I took Persephone to…
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Extracurricular Activities
301 days ago
So, what to do in a strange city when you’ve got a few hours to kill? I could have looked…
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Hundredth Book
194 days ago
Phil Baird / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Tomorrow at my book club we are discussing our hundredth book. We have been…
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Spontaneous Public Sculpture
185 days ago
This sculpture mysteriously appeared on the Lafitte Corridor last week, just in time for the Urban Pathways conference tour. I…
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Bucket & Torch
682 days ago
I was talking to Howie and he shared this passage with me: Education is now prized not because the culture…
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Dear Goody Clancy
498 days ago
Here’s a letter which I hope to present directly to representatives of Goody Clancy at tonight’s District 4 meeting (6PM…
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Five & Dime
483 days ago
It’s been a little over five years since I started blogging here in earnest. I thought this would be a…
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On the Market
359 days ago
Well, it’s official. Our house is on the market. There’s a “For Sale” sign in front. We’ve been very happy…
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Pauline
325 days ago
Here is a mix we listen to in our house when someone passes on. We listened to this last night…
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48 Really Dumb Questions
265 days ago
These are my answers (from about a month ago) to a really dumb chain e-mail which I got from a…
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A Poster Boy for Brainwashing
264 days ago
Imagine my surprise when I discovered my nursery school photo is being used by Cory Frickin’ Doctorow for an article…
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FOLC Presentation
258 days ago
Here’s a presentation I made last night on the Lafitte Corridor, the greenway project, the revitalization plan, FOLC, and everything…
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Editor B’s Year-End Closeout
245 days ago
Yo here’s a mix of my favorite tracks released in 2009. There’s 23 in all, so it’s about an hour…
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Conversation at the SpeeDee Oil Change
680 days ago
Male Employee: I sure do like a short woman. Xy: Well, my husband is 6′4″. That cooled his jets for…
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Obligatory Easter Cuteness
507 days ago
Almost forgot… My parents passed along this bunny outfit. I think maybe I wore it when I was one. If…
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Dear General Zia
506 days ago
This is the second installment of three sample documents dredged up from my old Brother WP-500 disks. I think this…
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Geekin’ Out
330 days ago
So what is it I do anyway? Lots of different things. For example: Today I’m leading a faculty workshop on…
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1934ish
320 days ago
Holy frijoles, my dad is 75 years old today. What kind of gift could I possibly give the man who…
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Radio
271 days ago
Awrite — I’m taking the plunge and starting my own net radio station. This will be going 24/7 or as…
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Twenty-Two Months
254 days ago
Dear Persephone, You’re twenty-two months old as of yesterday. Not long ago I had a fleeting vision of what you…
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Open Sound New Orleans
684 days ago
I was recently contacted by the good folks at Open Sound New Orleans. This is a website where people can…
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Happy Halloween
670 days ago
Here’s the full-on Crown Royal costume in all its glory. I drilled two tiny holes through a Crown Royal cap…
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Getting My Stripes
492 days ago
After many phone calls and much wheedling, pleading and cajoling, it appears I’m getting my stripes. Those are pedestrian crosswalk-style…
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Raucous ? Rock
323 days ago
Here’s a frenzied mix of raucous rockin’ music — but there’s a catch, of course: There’s no actual rock music…
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Global Immediacy
286 days ago
Yesterday I presented a workshop which I called “Global Immediacy: Using Video Telephony to Bring Distant Guests into Your Classroom.”…
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Using Flickr for Neighborhood Activism
285 days ago
Some of my neighbors have been bickering, er, I mean debating about Comiskey Park here in Mid-City. The basketball goals…
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The Mania for Documentation Considered as a Disease
510 days ago
Remember those Brother WP-500 disks I mentioned a while back? I was unable to find a compatible machine to actually…
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Cough Cough
381 days ago
What started as a mild sore throat ten days ago has moved through various stages. I had some nasal congestion…
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Date Nite
378 days ago
Last night for the first time ever we left our daughter with a babysitter and had a fun night out…
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Autumnal
338 days ago
We’re finally getting a couple days of cooler, drier air, so it’s time to break out the autumnal tunes. I…
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Three Offers
337 days ago
After a couple weeks of little to no activity, we got three offers on our house yesterday. There’s a long…
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Song My Parents Taught Me
328 days ago
Apropos of nothing at all, here’s a mix of songs my parents taught me. Mostly these are songs I remember…
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Houston
304 days ago
I just got back from a trip to Houston. I guess you might wanna zoom way in to find me.…
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Five Things I Hate About Our New House
294 days ago
No, I’m not feeling particularly grumpy. Quite the opposite. We are settling in and making good progress on unpacking. We’ll…
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A Tale of Two T-Shirts
241 days ago
I spent the last week recovering from my family reunion. We have one every five years, and this was the…
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Weekend Project
500 days ago
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Mystery Fence
290 days ago
I can’t figure out the purpose of this fence. It is bolted in place, by the way.
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Exhalation & Disclosure
289 days ago
I feel like I’m exhaling and relaxing for the first time since — when was it? — late July. That’s…
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American Profile
281 days ago
My friend Leonardo e-mailed me about this. Our paper carries a Parade magazine like thing during the week called American…
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Broke My Damn Toe and Other Entries in the Annals of Idiocy
260 days ago
I’ve been wanting to visit a podiatrist, but I am daunted from seeking healthcare, daunted by my insurer. Humana refuses…
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Who Dat Say Dat Last Who Dat?
208 days ago
http://www.flickr.com/photos/justanuptowngirl/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 This just in from my father: With all the fun you’re having pre-game, I want…
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Her First Dance
677 days ago
Here’s Persephone hanging out with the 6th grade boys from the Eisenhower Elementary Royal Homecoming Court. She might look vaguely…
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Semisweet Sixteen
342 days ago
Xy and I are celebrating our 16th anniversary today. This might be a good time to revisit our infamous puppet-show…
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340 days ago
Does this image of the Ten Commandments ring any bells? Well, if you know me, it should look vaguely familiar.…
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Honored to Be Here
331 days ago
Today I’m being heaped with honors for working here ten years. Of course I’ve got a thematic mix for this…
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POD 2009
302 days ago
I’ve been doing faculty development for over ten years. Yet I’ve never attended a conference on the subject — until…
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Katrina Jokes
188 days ago
Flattened Home by Joshua Miller / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 A friend of mine made a joke last week in an…
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