I’ve been doing a lot more research in China that last night I actually dreamt of being there. I was staying at my colleague’s house, which had room after room of modern and antique furniture, a hodge podge dream of exotic and familiar, and I kept falling asleep. I had to tell him I can’t get up, I’m too tired. And so when I was ready to take a shower, he unrolled the shower curtain…
I went by L’s to pick up the carseat they bought me for J. It’s a leopard print number, he was running around the house naked as a jaybird but came out to see if it worked. A was crawling around under the coffee table – she’s going in for her operation next week – L was upstairs, round out to here with #3, exhausted. We all make decisions in life – we choose certain…
And an asshole is an asshole is an asshole. I’m here in my own little world – that’s right – Rachel World – and in my own little mind I’m organizing and doing and making something happen for someone who is the most selfish fucking bastard in the entire goddamn world and I say to myself, self, are you fucking kidding me? So when I get the email demonstrating quite clearly what a complete myopic…
Great article on the litter situation that has really gotten way out of hand (no pun intended). I’ve always been a litter hater, but lately I’ve been honking my horn many times as I see horrible offenses committed on a regular basis. Done with that cup, throw it. Clean out the car, toss it as you drive. What goes on?
My good friend used to be an executive recruiter and she had a turnstile office – she said every major executive she found a job for outside of Louisiana was back within three years begging to return to New Orleans. There were people after Katrina who said I’m never coming back. And some who said the old New Orleans tag line – “I’ve got to get out of this hot, humid, small little city” –…
What happens if you know someone who is annoying because they are so narcissistic that it makes your skin crawl, but yet they are so self-effacing because they know they are annoying and can’t help themselves, does that make them more endearing – nah, not really.
I really think this was Michael Moore’s most impactful film. But it has left me with a sick feeling about who we are as a nation. France, Canada, UK and Cuba all come across as more humane not just in the area of health care, in the area of caring for its people – babies – workers – etc.
This morning there were four of us on the bike ride – gearing up for the big ride – 150 miles – and I was doing great – Beth said I had increased from 14/mph to 18/mph in just three weekends, and then it hit me, an intestinal hit and I went down and I was sick to my stomach and shaky – and a few people stopped to help and one guy, who was…
Cokie Roberts has to be the one to tell the world that New Orleans is open for business and still seriously recovering from a flood of biblical proportions. Why can’t the world understand that these two situations can exist side by side? Vote with your dollars – New Orleans needs tourism – this is what is going to keep us afloat. I hate to be such an ardent capitalist but when 9/11 hit, I told…
Went to see Michael Moore’s latest on the health care industry. Now granted, I know he is prone to staging drama and sometimes having a real bias that is uncomfortable even if you share his views. I fully went knowing that he was going to talk about how sick our healthcare system is, but after watching the movie I’m just perplexed by a lot of things – if we are the great nation we think…