A million years ago a friend of mine who was a born again Christian had a bumper sticker on her car that said FOLLOW ME and anyone who asked her what it meant she felt obliged to tell them. Christianity unlike Judaism has always been into proselytizing, a weird thing if you ask me. Well I just had the umpteenth person follow me on Twitter, but the truth is that I do nothing on Twitter,…
So there are many reasons to love being a mom, to love being the mom of a cool kid, to love having a kid, but possibly the best is what a friend and colleague of mine said to me the other day that after dealing with all the stuff that goes into work – some awesomely great and some awesomely a drag when you see your kid it’s amazing – and I say to see…
Since I had paid to park all day for jury duty and I got out just before I had to get home for a call, I walked over to get some lunch at Italian Barrel, my favorite Italian restaurant possibly in the United States. It’s right across from the Mint and it’s owned and cheffed (is that a word?) by a woman from Verona. Sitting at the bar was Pell James, who until she left…
The subject of fraud is a hot one today as I was trying to use fraud in a sentence as a response to an attorney’s question today and didn’t understand the proper usage – one does what to you? Commits a fraud to you? Does fraud unto you? How does that sentence construction work. I got home to learn first hand how it works as someone stole my credit card info on January 26th while…
I was summoned to jury duty this morning despite having postponed the inevitable for as long as possible. After being herded from one room into another room and shuffled down the corridor with the number eight on a white sheet of paper, I was asked questions by strangers. On one side, the plaintiffs and lawyers (all related) and in Brooks Brothers suits, on the other side, the defendants (out of towners) and their lawyers (all…
I was looking through some of the education programs the New York Times offers and saw one on African Art and Artifacts and thought that would be an interesting course to take with T. But the sad truth is that I can’t remember things that I’ve already learned like the other day when I was walking the dogs and couldn’t even recite the Pledge of Allegiance: “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United…
EGYPT: A Complete Guide To The 2011 Revolution. If you had any doubt as to why the Huffington Post has become so popular in the world of news, check out this step by step page on what is going on in Egypt right now and why what is going on has more to do with a youth uprising than you think.
My best loves were love at first sight, but I have to admit to having had some loves that weren’t so easily predictable. Loca for instance was not love at first sight, but she has, well, grown on me, if for nothing else than I am like a convicted convict’s mother, only one who would love her. Meanwhile, I was at Petco yesterday when a woman came charging in with a 40 pound dog in…
Last night, we went to see The King’s Speech which is up for a number of awards. Everyone I know who has seen it has highly recommended the movie. One friend said “Better than I expected.” Another said, “Oh, I loved that movie.” Puzzling. It was a nice movie. Perfectly acted by perfect actors. And I don’t know if it was the bad popcorn at Canal Place but in the end I was not as…
In my twenties, my brother told me I was a romantic and I bristled, me, never. But for years, I’ve harbored a secret wish to live in the French Quarter and have a menial job while I write. That was the dream I had when I was in California, but now that I’m back home and living on the bayou, my dream has now morphed into retirement in the Quarter. We talk about T selling…