Life in the Land of Dreamy Dreams

Hour gongs were being struck all across the city and night-watchmen were proclaiming that it was indeed midnight and also that, in the face of all the evidence, all was well. Many of them got as far as the end of the sentence before being mugged.
-Terry Pratchett, Wyrd Sisters

Once a month we, the community, meet [...]

The original plan was to go hang out in the French Quarter for the big, free festival this weekend, but it didn’t quite come together.
Friday things kicked off downtown, and while I was getting dressed, the local news was covering the opening, including all of the new stuff for kids- special musical acts, crafts, and [...]

Life in NOLA contains many wonderful things, but the roaches ain’t one of ‘em.
We’ve got great big 4 inch suckers that fly, and they’re out and about now. Trust me, you haven’t lived until the bug you’re approaching with a rolled up newspaper flies at your face and you run off screaming like a [...]

… and sometimes that’s a good time (like this story) but all too often it’s that they don’t/can’t think and just pull out a gun instead.
I much prefer these sort of white trash idiots:
(condensed from the Times-Picayune):
After allegedly stealing $5,000 from the Slidell convenience store where she worked, a Mississippi woman and her husband began a [...]

Detroit is taking a page from Nagin’s songbook.
 In Mayor Kilpatrick’s state of the city address:
DETROIT — Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick lashed out at his opponents and the news media at the end of his 70-minute State of the City Address on Tuesday. He accused them of creating a “lynch mob mentality” in the scandal over [...]

Jeez, don’t be so judgemental, y’all- just because CRay was spotted with his security guy at the Herb Import Company…
Look, they have other things, too, like…uh… let’s see. Vitamins. Plus incense and stuff. It’s very stressful being the mayor, and showing up for…oh, wait. He doesn’t do that part.
There’s all that votin…scratch that.
And then there’s [...]

Had to drop the car off for service (it hasn’t been the same since the accident) and stopped at Walgreens before schlepping the long long drive down Airline to the nearest Mitsi dealer.
The cashier looked sadly down at my purchases.
“A water.” Pause
“And a Hubig’s.*” Pause.
“For breakfast,” she added, looking at me reproachfully.
“Yeah, I know,” [...]

Rec’d this notice from my daughter’s school (emphasis mine):
Important Information Regarding Carpool and Traffic Detours
Subject: HEADS UP! Street Closure and Special Effect Notification for K’Ville
The 20th Century FOX television series K-Ville will be filming scenes for their locally based television series Monday October 1st and Tuesday October 2nd on the riverside of the 2600 block [...]