Library Chronicles

I'm kind of hazy this afternoon and very much in need of a nap before tonight's parades so this will have to be quick. If there is ...

All the way from Dallas , Atlanta and points beyond. It feels like we are going to have something close to a real Mardi Gras this year. I w...

In the same week that they seem to be doubling the number of surveillance cameras on Uptown street corners, NOPD just goes the whole nine wi...

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After a long morning of stewing and fretting about the weather, about the size and disposition of the crowds, about the number of marching b...

Yesterday I asked one of my neighbors who happens to be in the know about these things what the chances were of seeing any Uptown Indians th...

Sunday Times-Pic carried a pretty good feature story on Mardi Gras and national perceptions of New Orleans. This was noteworthy. Henri Schi...

News and pictures from this past weekend's Carnival events... but not today.. pics aren't ready. Also: Weather report is looking rea...

Holy crap someone else did notice ... and did a much better job of handling it than I ever did I must say. Also excellent photography from...

I hope we never have to live there.

Let it never be said that they are not indeed ballsy. Fitzgerald did not specify which superiors Libby may have been referring to when he ...

Okay this has got to stop. It appears that circumstances have once again conspired to bring about a situation wherein Daisy feels as though...

Here and here and here.

So announced a female participant in Saturday night's Krewe Du Vieux procession as I stood and watched alongside Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph. ...

It was a canned hunt. Only the best for Trigger Dick.

Want to see the White House deal with flood waters for a change? Thinking maybe about pooping all over Powerline? Net Disaster will destr...

And now for yet another "just go read Oyster" moment. ...I won't name names, but I'm talking about the Libertarian/Moder...

Because I don't know who bothers me more, Chris Rose or Emeril. If one is to believe Chuck's rundown of events (scroll down to ...

Feel the magic. via Michael who has a couple more fun nuggets from Friday's post.

It's a big issue about which I still have reservations too complicated to go into while I am still unable to post from home. In any cas...

Go Steelers

Last evening while mallwalking through Walgreens I noticed Bluebell King Cake flavored ice cream. The only official evidence of such a prod...

Yet another hopeless and gloomy Wa-Po piece . Doesn't mean it's not spot on, however.

Selling out Mardi Gras makes the (king cake) baby Jesus cry.

Among the many transplants to New Orleans I have encountered in my time there is a common emotional attatchment to the city most of them des...

It's a sad commentary on the state of things that this has recieved so little attention.

Late last year we learned that Holy Cross High School will not return to the neighborhood named for it. Today I hear that Rue de La Course...

Me: STANDARD LIBRARY PHONE ANSWER LINE Salesperson: Hello may I speak to (HURRICANE-DISPLACED FORMER BRANCH HEAD) Me: I'm sorry (HURR...

Wow. Scary.

Go read everything Oyster has today. That is all.

Looks like municipal elections will be held in April. Your local poling location has likely moved. T-P has printed a list of changes.

You know I was kind of on the fence about this before but this pretty much settles it. Hurricanes suck. Farmers, fishers and buyers say onl...

I've lost my pirated home access. Posting will be light until I can resolve this somehow.

To all the snake havin' Susie moms.

Walgreens on St Charles has resumed 24 hour operation! You may now satisfy your chocolate cravings whenever you wish.

Looking for Indian stuff to put up in the library I found Katy Reckdahl's Gambit piece on Tootie Montana shortly after his death last y...

While searching for bulletin board fodder for a Mardi Gras display, I came upon the website of a consumer advocacy group dealing with the sa...

Rose is back. Unfunny as ever.

Comes from da po'boy who says . Yes, the Mayor said some stupid things. But don’t tell me you didn’t have fun with them. Damn, since Nag...

I've been knocking this comparison around in my head for a few years now. There are some striking similarities between the two men. Bo...

That's what he meant.

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Every now and then Lolis Eric Elie tells 'em what they need to hear. King's message lost on politicians Monday, January 16, 2006 Lol...

This Observer piece on New Orleans and Katrina ( linked by Greg Peters ) explains more clearly than I have tried to on occasion the kind of ...

I spent a little time on the bicycle this afternoon chasing the All Star Second Line Parade through parts of Treme and Downtown. After cr...

This is a personal website. What appears here are the inane, hastily tossed off, frequently misspelled ramblings of an exceedingly silly pe...

Fox Sports just reported that the Saints are planning to announce their decision on a new coach by Tuesday and that the front runner is Dal...

It's hard to keep a good geek down.

For the billionth time since all of this began as Schroeder links to this Wapo editorial by Eugene Robinson which once again points out th...

New Orleans Social and Pleasure Clubs All-star Parade Sunday, January 15, 2006 @12 noon

Just in case anyone feels like playing I'll leave it open. Hint: The word fool comes to mind.

We Never Close is now... no longer closed.

Gill's column today subtly points out something most of us know but the T-P does not customarily highlight. Tulane does what benefits Tu...

Not good apparently. The latest Katrina Index is available now.

But thank you very much for playing. The Mayor's Bulldoze Committee is set to release its latest monstrosity of a plan today. Only one ...

Eli goes down in flames. This pleases me as now I don't have to listen to Dad's constant blather about an all-Manning Superbowl. Yo...

It's Carnival season. Which side are you on? This attempt by the Quality Inn on St Charles to throw evacuees out on the street in order...

Super Bowl XL: Patriots vs Redskins Draft: If Vince Young is available, the Saints should take him. If not, trade the pick. Leinart is a W...

Appears to be the cause celeb over at the Metblog this week. Unfortunately we're going to be dealing with more and more of this over t...

There was never and still is absolutely no call for this. Even if we tolerate it this year (which we should not) it must not be permitted i...

The mayor is starting to relent on his "more compact city" rhetoric and is opening New Orleans East to 24 hour traffic. The East ...

Image available on all sorts of merch at Tom Tomorrow's store It's time to impeach, really. NBC confirms it's investigating whe...

This overturned tree at the corner of Harmony and Prytania is getting to be quite the landmark. The holiday ribbons are, I think, a nice to...

He certainly made some mistakes but I really did like Jim Haslett ... and that's saying something as I have a generally low tolerance fo...

A look at Big Brother on St Charles Ave

Good: WYES is broadcasting over the air again Bad: Fucking Antiques Roadshow is on.

Saints to play 2006 schedule in Louisiana

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Welcome to New Orleans. Don't expect much help. Don't get out of line. And for God's sake do not brandish any kitchenware in pu...

Late December and this traffic light at the corner of Napoleon and St Charles is still down.

C'est Moi With Bush's defense of his wiretapping, the hidden state has stepped into the open. The deeper challenge Bush has thrown d...

Script in progress: Tom Benson's Christmas Carol with: Arnold Fielkow as Bob Cratchit Michael Lewis as Tiny Tim Paul Tagliabue as Mar...

Just in time for New Year's Eve. Boy did 2005 ever suck!

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I dunno... maybe we ought to have a Mardi Gras this year if this keeps up. Sunday afternoon, during the fourth quarter of the latest Saints ...

In this case "letting the residents decide" means, we'll allow you to come back, but we won't support you, won't do a...

Still not near enough money. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush will request $1.5 billion more to help rebuild the levee system in New Orlean...

I'm starting to come down on the "let's not have Mardi Gras" side of this argument... not because I'm worried about ...

The Brookings Institute has released " the first in a series of monthly snapshots " of the rebuilding efforts in New Orleans whic...

As a child, I first learned to handle standing in a long line with grace by reading that slogan as well as the assorted news clippings and p...

Going on in the links here. Still no time to finish the project in one day.

Hours after New Orleans officials announced Tuesday that they would deploy a city-owned, wireless Internet network in the wake of Hurricane ...

Reason number two hundred million not to stick around during a storm: You may be suddenly abducted by soldiers and forcibly shipped to Utah ...

But then what day isn't in De Kalb, Ill?