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I think the Saints should be applauded for being such responsible local citizens. They’ve raised $500,000 so far raffling off one of the great raffle items I’ve ever heard of — a genuine Super Bowl ring, the exact same ring every player and coach will get for winning the Super Bowl. “It allows the individuals, families and small businesses that are dealing with the fallout of the largest environmental catastrophe in the history of the…
July 12, 2010 Taurus (4/20-5/20) If you thought that yesterday was sweet and magical, expect more action today — your agenda has even crazier business in store. As fond as you are of romance and the heart-thumping that goes along with it, you can see how you’re getting even more than that right now. Your job is to be thoughtful toward your friends, and to let them know that you’re heading out for a while.
Essence Festival came and went this year over the 4th of July, but it could have been on planet Pluto for all we knew, since I had just returned from my last of four business trips, sick, and was just looking for my bed and couch more than anything else. Yesterday, was the Bastille Day festival over on Ponce de Leon, and though we had every intention of going, we never made it out of…
Tin and I were walking into Elmwood Fitness yesterday for his fourth and last installment of swim lessons before we leave for the sunny beaches of Europe and a handsome black man headed to his car stopped and looked at us as we passed. Just passed him, he said, “You never see a white woman carrying a black baby.” I just smiled at him and said, “You do now.” He then said, “He yours?” and…
Tin has always had a very serious pensive look and luckily as the months have come and gone with us together that furrowed brow is seldom visible anymore. But he can still give you a game face, usually in a situation that he is unfamiliar with. But the other day I took him to the hospital with me to see my aunt who had just had back surgery and he only had that look for…
Today is the Bastille Day celebration over on Ponce de Leon and all the merchants are putting on the dog. But for me this is a somber occasion, because last year, on July 11th on Saturday’s Bastille Day celebration Tatjana and I were enjoying ourselves to the max, having margaritas and dancing to the sound of the Creole String Beans while T’s mother sat in Fortier Park speaking to a neighbor. On our way home…
UNO announced yet another round of layoffs today – really? – how much more could they cut? Don’t ask the question if you don’t want to know the answer. $14 million cut out of the budget that was already reduced to nothing in the last round of layoffs. Question is – can this university survive Jindal’s bid for the presidency? UNO Chancellor Tim Ryan
One of the real emotional issues I’ve had to battle with the last few days is the sense of not having control of my destiny and that has been manifest in disparate observations that I’ve cobbled together. One example of which is I bought this house with two incomes and set out a remodel that was within budget reach, but in the blink of an eye, I became one income and the remodel cost tripled…
Starting the day with a walk through the park with the dogs is the best way to hold the demons at bay – yes this is another day in paradise complete with all the stress that accompanies the other days but today as Lena Horne said, “It’s not the burden that wears you down, it’s how you carry it.” So Zen dropping #72 from the Tao te Ching to begin this Thursday: When they lose…