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Caught the bastard

Christopher Cyrus was arrested today, Monday January 26, 2009 at approximately 12:30 p.m., near North Broad and Ursulines Ave., thanks to the investigations of the New Orleans Police Department Special Operations Division/Tactical Unit, United States Marshals Service, New Orleans Police Department Traffic Division, and Crimestoppers. Major Robert E. Norton Commander, First District New Orleans Police Department

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The A-Z of desire.

On Jet Blue, I was sitting in my comfy seat, looking at CNN on the small screen and reading the NY Times Magazine about the once again age old question of what do women want? There has been a lot of research lately on this subject, I seem to come across it everywhere, about how women’s sexual response is not geared to gender (no matter what their orientation is) but the most important element of…

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40 Tips for Enjoying Life

A friend from California sent this and then I modified it: Forty Tips To Enjoying Life 1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. 2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. 3. Sleep for at least 7 hours every night. 4.. Live with the 3 E’s – Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy. 5. Play more. 6. Read more books this year than you did last year. 7.…

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You can’t go home

I spent sixteen long years pining for home in the relative safety of the Bay Area. I lived stupidly there, not locking my back door, not watching my back, not worried about much of anything when I was coming home late at night. A policeman told me that I was foolish, that crime seeks opportunity. And so I changed my ways. I wanted to come home, and I did. But what about here in New…

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Dinner among friends

Friends came for dinner last night and were quite alarmed about the rash of crime that has erupted in our neighborhood. They live uptown and one couple brought a visiting friend from El Lay. I told them that this is relatively a safe neighborhood and they have more to fear Uptown in the Isle of Denial than here because this seems to be the work of one psychotic. Well turns out the police were able…

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