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Many thanks to the Dynamic Duo of nolabloggers who came by yesterday and presented me with a thoughtful gift because I'm one of their favorite bloggers. That was very sweet. Plus, I got a chance to show off my historic Barack Obama victory plate. === Also, I want to take this opportunity to congratulate E on a magnificent year of blogging at We Could Be Famous. Even more impressive is the suc...
Right Hand Thief - Sun 9:03 a.m. - 5 clicks 
I think I may have missed something big last year. When I was in second grade, in the 1987-88 school year, Woodvale Elementary School in Lafayette, Louisiana turned 20 years old. They made a big deal of this milestone, as did we (I pictured hippies riding to school in cars with giant fins...goo goo goo joob). As part of the 20th-anniversary celebration, each student wrote down who they were in 1...
Ian McGibboney - Fri 7:29 a.m. - 7 clicks
(No, not Jake Delhomme...I'm not heartless.) One of the highlights of my week is the flag-football game I play in every Sunday afternoon. We've been doing them for several months now, and in that time I've evolved from a barely mobile has-been with an aggravated back injury to a fully mobile (and thus much-improved) has-been. These days, the only wincing I do is when I accidentally mention the...
Ian McGibboney - Dec 29 - 7 clicks
A look back at my New Year's resolutions for 2008, and how I fared with them: 1) Try out for the New Orleans Saints. They need a few good men in their defensive secondary, and I could fill in at either cornerback or free safety. Yeah, yeah, I know the NFL doesn't have open tryouts. But really, what are they afraid of? That I'll be bad? The Saints apparently took this warning to heart, as even...
Ian McGibboney - Dec 26 - 3 clicks
A YRHT source reports that on Tuesday December 23, the NOPD was at UNO campus "in large numbers" doing some training. Apparently, the NOPD is issuing tasers to its entire(?) police force and they were undergoing training which "seemed to involve a film, some instruction and the ['tasering'] of each participant." The source has a few questions about the new policy: I don't recall any public no...
Right Hand Thief - Dec 26 - 2 clicks
Good news about the Mid City bonfire. It looks like the New Year’s Eve tradition will continue. I don’t think the city had much choice but to cooperate because the people who live in Mid City are determined to have that bonfire, come hell, high water or the NOPD. It was very squirrely for the [...]...
Danger Blond - Dec 23 - 3 clicks
From Noladder we were alerted to today's T-P editorial: Levees.org clearly is making the Army Corps of Engineers uncomfortable. Otherwise, why would corps employees post hostile messages on the advocacy group's Web site? ... The content of some of these messages is appalling. A report on WWL-TV Thursday featured two of the postings. One said: "Sure, blame the corps for the floodwall failure...
Right Hand Thief - Dec 20 - 3 clicks
An inside source tells YRHT that about a month after inauguration, President Obama will visit New Orleans and meet with Mayor Nagin. Exciting news, to be sure. I hope OUR Mayor can "maintain" himself ( 4th paragraph ). --- (lyric) (movie) ...
Right Hand Thief - Dec 20 - 2 clicks
"Bonfire-lover" Michael Homan is seen throughout this local news report explaining why the annual Mid-City bonfire should continue. (Suddenly, city authorities-- the ones who preside over a "world murder capital" -- think New Orleanians can't safely handle a bonfire.) I'm not familiar with this particular New Orleans ritual, but it involves pagan behavior and fire, so it can't be all bad. M...
Right Hand Thief - Dec 19 - 3 clicks
