Yearly Archives: 2005

I am trying to get back to work, but the hurricane stories keep pulling me away. I am really mostly angry at this point. Angry that funding was cut for levee repairs, angry that the national guard is in Iraq instead of New Orleans, angry that my tax dollars are in Iraq instead of New…

Sometimes I just love the internet so much. People are using Craigslist Lost and Found to find hurricane survivors – http://neworleans.craigslist.org/laf/

I am so excited to see people posting comments on this blog. Since it’s only been around for a short while, I didn’t think that anyone was actually reading it. However, this thrill was momentarily diminished by the fact that all but two of the posts were advertising penile enlargement. The post was about hurricane…

While politicians start to debate about responsibility and reporters present increasingly dim pictures of the area, there is one thing that shines through it all. People from across the country are offering homes and jobs to hurricane survivors through the New Orleans newspaper website – http://www.nola.com/forums/homesavailable/ This is just amazing…American culture has a lot of…

I am listening to Preservation Hall gospel jazz today on the iPod. I picked up the CD in New Orleans a few years back. It’s sad, gritty and perfect for this week’s news. I hope their tiny little music hall survives this flooding. New Orleans wouldn’t be the same with out it.

This is from The Onion – http://www.theonion.com/content/node/40091 As I said before: if goats were just 25% less hungry, they would probably be right up there with dolphins.

I read this morning that in 2001 the Feds predicted the three largest dangers to the nation. The first was a terrorist attack in New York, the second was a hurricane in New Orleans and the third was an earthquake in San Francisco. So far, they got 2 out of 3 right. My boyfriend has…

This sums it up nicely (from DailyKos) – http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/8/31/91037/7739

You have to read the full article to get just how hilarious this story about an escaped ostrich really is. The owner’s quote is priceless: “You never would think an ostrich could fit through a little window, but she did.” Ostriches are so weird…

EmilyStyle.com is starting to creep up the Google rankings but I am still below this site – http://www.clickhare.com/lerman/EmilyStyle.html. Yep, that’s the official website for Emily Joy Lerma, an eight year old from Detroit who enjoys Barbies, Lizzie McGuire and Strawberry Shortcake. Hey, at least we have a few things in common!