"Commandeer Greyhound."
Buses and gas BATON ROUGE – State Rep. Karen Carter, D-New Orleans, made an urgent plea Friday morning for gasoline and buses to ferry victims to safety who have been stuck in New Orleans under deteriorating conditions since Hurricane Katrina struck the city four days ago. “If you want to save a life get a
New Orleans? Or Baghdad?
via The Interdictor, a “journal [which] exists to share firsthand experience of the disaster and its aftermath with anyone interested.” “Bigfoot” is a bar manager and DJ on Bourbon Street, and is a local personality and icon in the city. He is a lifelong resident of the city, born and raised. He rode out the
Hard to believe
…that we were just in New Orleans barely a month ago. From Phil West: If you’re still reading me, you’re probably depressed enough (and if you’re not, you’ve likely moved on from Katrina), but this just in from my brother’s friend, who is on National Guard duty at the Superdome. He’s run out of cigarettes,
My Sanctum Sanctorum
Among other things, that’s a signed/numbered photo of the Oct. 9, 1977 fight between Graig Nettles and George Brett up on the wall, and a Nettles autographed baseball in the box on the lower shelf. The boxing glove is the runner-up trophy we got from the 1999 National Poetry Slam, which I hold in slightly
INFO: CBC Update
The jury’s still out on CBC v2.0, but some recent developments have added a couple of unexpected twists to the plot, so this is sort of an update/brain-dump for future reference when real life isn’t quite so hectic. Development #1: Out of the blue, about a month ago, Erech Overaker asked me to contribute a
1 in 166…
Autism is a complex brain disorder that inhibits a person’s ability to communicate, form relationships and interact with people. Few disorders are as emotionally or financially devastating to a family. Over the last decade, the incidence of autism has increased from a rate of 1 in 2,500 children to 1 in 166, some experts say.
Fun With Horoscopes
Every now and then, these things are eeriely appropriate: Use Those Ideas There is still a lot happening in your sign and in your personal life, Guy. The other great piece of news is that Mercury turns direct at the start of the week. This gives you the green light to go ahead with projects
Preview: Indie October Solicitations
Comics Continuum has the Image, Dark Horse and Devil’s Due October Solicitations up, and here’s what I’m particularly looking forward to reading and/or snarking: SEASON OF THE WITCH #1 Written by Jai Nitz, art and cover by Kevin Sharpe.“Spring.” Jessica Suddreth was a normal high school freshman until she was magically transported to the fairytale
Our 7th Anniversary
Rereading that last post, it almost sounds like our vacation sucked, but that’s just work filtering through and tainting my perspective. We had a great time, the most “quality time” we’ve had together since…hell, Spain in 2000, right before Isaac was born? I was thinking about the past 7 years the other day, and what’s
Bourbon Street Stinks!
How come no one warned me? Bourbon Street at night is like everything I hate about Hoboken, magnified 10 times over, plus strip clubs! And it stinks like a mix of old alcohol and stale mop water. For all its unappealing skankiness, though, we did have fun people-watching the first two nights; and while I