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1 gallon regular at Lee Circle Exxon: $2.09 1 pound of boiled crawfish at Big Fisherman Seafood on Magazine St: $1.99

Now that the hectic month of March is finally lambing its way on out, I may find the time to begin updating more frequently. D and I turned...

I just added up my ATM receipts for the month of March and got $939.20. This includes $240.00 since Monday. Where is this money going? I ...

..Since she's always asking me about this. Ok, so she's usually just asking me to say something in my lame-ass attempt at a cajun a...

It is late March and the Walgreens accross the street is still selling Pepsi Holiday Spice which has us thinking about this guy for the fir...

..yet another pointless quiz. Of course, the problem with these is always the spoilage that results from considering the possible implicati...

It has been a busy month for me and the blog has paid the price. I told you it was gonna be like this. Not that it matters, when you can ju...

It isn’t online yet, but this week’s Gambit is ringing in Sunshine Week by detailing some of the difficulties its staff has had getting Orl...

Rudolph

Shortly after we opened and just as I was settling in for my first hour on the circ desk, we were disturbed by the excited rumble of a patro...

You can either sift through the usual glut of YA book reviews as well as the unseemly canine anal leakage story or you can just scroll to th...

Gotta jump on the pointless name your favorite philosophers bandwagon. Gotta keep up with the cool kids . Without further adoo: 1) All the...

It helps to have someone with you who speaks the language. For example, first reference question this morning: Gobbliny looking old dude : ...

Be sure to pick up a copy of the March Offbeat and Antigravity # 10. Each contains rather embarrassingly ebullient praise of local rock s...

A guy actually just called from the parking lot to let me know that a suspicious foriegn looking man in sandals had just entered the buildin...

And this is the guy who was just barely probably re elected.

A glaring omission in the newly released Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005 leaves no mention of magic berry juice . What a pity.. I me...

Skooks! 

Man things go from nothing to hyper-busy real quick like around here. Black History Month may be technically over, but that just means it...

Meant to post this yesterday; got caught up . One of our less than pleasant regulars was just here. He's this retired guy who lives in ...

Right now there is a transient (non parish resident) patron in the tech lab happily typing away on his blogger account. Most of our patrons...

Well no not really. But he is writing a book . Perhaps the working title is Best Book in the Universe? Our muscles are spazzed with anti...

That this page looks a little funny in Firefox. I'm going to have to fix that. Any ideas, coding geeks?

I think we've covered this ground before but Jesus Christ!

After a few rounds of ugly innuendo , former president Jimmy Carter has received this unequivocal statement of approval from a Republican wi...

Go see Testaverde at the Circle Bar tonight at 10. You have been officially notified. Update: Actually, Y'all could have made it. The...

A mother-to-be from New Zealand has run an online auction selling advertising space on her pregnant tummy. BBC

It's not exactly the dawn of a new progressive era, but it's a start. Dean will immediately help the Democrats begin to do two thi...

I must say that I have impeccable timing. I managed to put off succumbing to the bug that’s been going around until after Mardi Gras was ov...

I did it. I wasn’t too enthusiastic about the whole endeavor, but I managed to get dragged into it anyway. I actually stood outside all ni...

Well, we're real busy and stuff in New Orleans this weekend. I don't know how much of the game I'll even see since it goes right...

Always excited to see Hermes. The God of Commerce's Friday night march rings in the big Carnival weekend. Strange how there's a god...

Because there aren't so many tourists in town singing karaoke with their frat buddies and peeing on people's houses and stuff. Now...

1) You had to put up with this condescending disingenuous lying speech. 2) I was at Carnival. Quick parade roundup: Saturn's th...

Click here (via Bob Harris ) You know, cute but a bit tired. A better idea would be to ignore the speech altogether and drink while watch...

Good news : Landing a major national prospect gets the new coach off on the right foot. Bad news : Now the new coach has to deal with k...

The spineless ( fainthearted ?) Louisiana Democratic congressional delegation is already sniping at Dean . This, if nothing else, indicates...

I and like three or four of my neighbors stood and smiled sympathetically as the Krewe of Ancient Druids rolled what was left of their parad...

The Vietnam turnout was good as well or this one? Iraqis Claim Irregularities Kept Many People From Voting

Yesterday afternoon brought more Carnival frivolity as Dad and Hombre attended the venerable Krewe of Carrollton parade with me. Hombre co...

In case anyone out there is living under a rock (a rock with a cable modem) I thought I'd drop in and point out that it is indeed Carniv...

"Poppers" via cursor

Your President , speaking elegantly as ever, "But all our Cabinet secretaries must realize that we will not be paying, you know, commen...

This week's Gambit interviews one of the authors of How to Burn Down the House: The Infamous Waiter and Bartender's Scam Bible by T...

Friday night is looking pretty bad. Pity since it rained on Oshun last year too . Also, NOLA.com's Mardi Gras page is better this ye...

Time to continue my phenomenal record of perfectly innacurate prognostication with the following NFL conference championship predictions. ...

A D.C. blogger has an enticing idea for a new.. um.. movement, so to speak.

Hellion is five already. Where has all the time gone?

Pretty good piece here on the importance of open source software for libraries via LISnews. If librarians aren't going to fight for f...

Lots of shout outs this week. January is apparently baby season.

Is anyone else out there in love with Annalee Newitz?

Via Angus Lind's tiresome "Deep Float" inanity. Also, Oyster is in the spirit. BTW, I coudn't agree more with his tak...

WWL is actually giving major play to today's Jazz Funeral for Democracy protest march, complete with multiple photos. Check it out. Wh...

Sorry, but when they're on they're on.

I guess anyone who reads the biggies has seen this already. Fun. So much to pick from but my favorite line is, "It's amazing what h...

Are we in Alabama yet? I know you don't hate me... much.

Big shock. Christian fundies continue to be disturbingly gay-obsessed. Meanwhile the LA State Supreme Court has reinstated the recently pa...

Folks who know where to go should drop in and bring greetings.

Let's just try to get through it with as little bullshit as possible. By the way, is anyone in town planning to attend the Jazz Funera...

Although I was out of town on Christmas, Nurse MacBeth was good enough to get this photo of my Tercel in the snow. 

Every New Orleanian has a short list. That is to say we all keep at the ready a list of assignments any first time visitor or transplant mu...

Oh this is delicious. Here Murph demonstrates his excellent facility with that highest of literary forms, the negative book review. I thin...

Sayeth the US weapons inspectors. Nearly one year to the day after claiming that this pencil doodle constitued a great and gathering threat ...

Oxford University scientists will carry out experiments on hundreds of people in a bid to understand how the brain works during states of co...

Onelook's new reverse dictionary feature . Pretty self-explanatory. I could have used one of these during all those years I drove myse...

Today, we received a solicitation from something called Tourism Guide basically asking us if we would like to be included in their publicati...

No means no.

In our moments of doubt and trepidation, we will no longer have GBV there to rescue us. We are infinitely jealous of those who actually wi...

Librarians ban book.

It was the black eyed peas. For a minute there I had convinced myself that 2004 was as screwy as it was because I had neglected to consume ...

Three days ago, Slumlords's lackey visited to, once again, replace the ceiling tiles in my kitchen and claim, once again, to have fixed...

Maddox: 11 worst songs of 2004.

Recently voted Grinch of the Year. washington, dc – The retailing giant Wal-Mart was named 'Grinch of the Year' in a national onlin...

After a while you learn to speak their language. They certainly aren't ever going to get the hang of yours. When a Patron says: ...

Three grown men and a dog drive nine hours in the cab of a pickup truck from Nashville to New Orleans. Halfway through the journey the must...

While it is common for news outlets to write prefab obituaries of public officials in order that they can make deadline in the event of any ...

It'd be a cold day in... well, New Orleans when it snows there. Apparently today was just such a day. It figures, I mean we had oyster...

But perhaps not if this is the field. Among his potential opponents, Nagin said, are Civil District Court Clerk Dale Atkins, City Councilma...

Well, he is running for governor.

Ok, Ricky , I think this one may be worse.

NORAD Santa tracking. And now, the weather. It's unnaturally cold in Nashville. Yesterday, I saw real snow for only the second ...

CALGARY, Alberta, Dec. 21 - China's thirst for oil has brought it to the doorstep of the United States. Chinese energy companies are ...

We, the management of this publication, would like to express our deepest gratitude for/interest in/amusement at the overwhelming outpouring...

Or maybe down

Happy Birthday, Beethoven. Ode to Joy Update: Ha ha. link fixed. Last one was playing Waltzing Matilda

Here's an early suggestion for the regular Timshel Friday feature . It's sort of holiday themed in that it involves snow. Take a f...

12 Yats 12 Rummys 12 Boudreaux 12 Blogs

Good Christ. ORGANTOWN, W.Va. - May 5, the day that changed Aliakbar and Shahla Afshari's lives, began like most others. They shared co...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Nearly a million U.S. troops have been deployed for war in Iraq or Afghanistan since those conflicts began, acco...

Our library is closed today due to a... um plumbing emergency. As a result, I have been given the privilege of forfeiting an afternoon'...