Labels: Food
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
One minute ago...
I washed a mango in a women's bathroom.
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"My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people's."
Over the weekend, Lovely and I partied with the former lead singer of a 1st generation punk rock band. We drank enhanced sweet tea at his eccentric abode, and had a fun time.
In the bathroom there was an Oscar Wilde action figure on prominent display. I thought it was very cool, and imagined that I would have collected that sort of thing had I known about it in college. Of course, a shelf full of Nietzsche, Kierkegaard and Emerson dolls wouldn't've helped my chances with the opposite sex but... [insert joke here].
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In the bathroom there was an Oscar Wilde action figure on prominent display. I thought it was very cool, and imagined that I would have collected that sort of thing had I known about it in college. Of course, a shelf full of Nietzsche, Kierkegaard and Emerson dolls wouldn't've helped my chances with the opposite sex but... [insert joke here].
Labels: Les Bon Temps, Lovely, oyster
Monday, April 06, 2009
"As we anathematize all of those who oppose us"
The Cryptogon header currently sports a detail of Hieronymous Bosch's The Conjurer.
Please read this Cryptogon post about an Italian scientist who-- heaven forfend!-- used something called seismic monitoring to warn people about the possibility of imminent lethal disaster.
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Please read this Cryptogon post about an Italian scientist who-- heaven forfend!-- used something called seismic monitoring to warn people about the possibility of imminent lethal disaster.
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Sunday, April 05, 2009
Peeps show
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Bouquets to Sulphur!
We Saw That alerts us to this story:
Sulphur voted almost 6 to 1 to remove the automated speed enforcement cameras.
As I've been saying for over a year, there is hidden political power in this traffic camera issue. Hardly anyone likes the damn things, and a great many people hate them.
Again, I implore all insurgent and outsider political candidates to heavily exploit this issue. Own it! This is one of those kinds of issues that channels frustration into a surprising groundswell of support on election day. Non-establishment candidates should make use of it. I'm serious! Make hay out of the incredible efficiency of the traffic cameras compared to the lackluster inefficiency of the crime cameras: cops not cameras! working traffic lights not cameras!
I'm not even going to discuss all the related New Orleans political drama that's coming to a head, but it doesn't take a political genius to see that expensive new technological monitoring systems may have a bit of a stigma attached to them in the coming weeks and months. I promise you, this is one of those issues that taps into a deep vein of political motivation throughout a very broad swath of the voting public. Quite simply, most people don't like to feel monitored and don't like to feel cheated. Even many of the so-called New Orleanians who want the French Quarter to be more "Disney-like" don't want to feel like cameras are watching their every step on the street, and their every turn on the road. Combine those feelings with the idea that rejecting the cameras (in some sense) is a rejection of Nagin and Meffert... I mean, this isn't rocket surgery.
Who will take this issue, this political gift, and find a way to run with it?
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In a special election yesterday, a Southern Louisiana city of 22,000 overwhelmingly rejected photo enforcement. Asked, "Shall Ordinance No. 873, M-C Series adopting automated speed enforcement for the City of Sulphur, Louisiana, be repealed?" eighty-six percent of voters said "Yes." After results are certified on April 13, the Australian speed camera vendor Redflex Traffic Systems will be sent packing.
Sulphur's ballot box totals contrast sharply with public opinion survey results published by traffic camera vendor American Traffic Solutions (ATS).
Sulphur voted almost 6 to 1 to remove the automated speed enforcement cameras.
As I've been saying for over a year, there is hidden political power in this traffic camera issue. Hardly anyone likes the damn things, and a great many people hate them.
Again, I implore all insurgent and outsider political candidates to heavily exploit this issue. Own it! This is one of those kinds of issues that channels frustration into a surprising groundswell of support on election day. Non-establishment candidates should make use of it. I'm serious! Make hay out of the incredible efficiency of the traffic cameras compared to the lackluster inefficiency of the crime cameras: cops not cameras! working traffic lights not cameras!
I'm not even going to discuss all the related New Orleans political drama that's coming to a head, but it doesn't take a political genius to see that expensive new technological monitoring systems may have a bit of a stigma attached to them in the coming weeks and months. I promise you, this is one of those issues that taps into a deep vein of political motivation throughout a very broad swath of the voting public. Quite simply, most people don't like to feel monitored and don't like to feel cheated. Even many of the so-called New Orleanians who want the French Quarter to be more "Disney-like" don't want to feel like cameras are watching their every step on the street, and their every turn on the road. Combine those feelings with the idea that rejecting the cameras (in some sense) is a rejection of Nagin and Meffert... I mean, this isn't rocket surgery.
Who will take this issue, this political gift, and find a way to run with it?
Labels: Elections and Campaigns, Meffert, Nagin
Friday, April 03, 2009
Obama cut taxes faster than Jindal
So says Moon Griffon. I'll take him at his word.
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Four desirable words next to one another
Louisiana Oyster Jubilee Festival
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Slurp up the fun!
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Update: Maringouin posted some brilliant pictures of the fun.
Howie Luvzus posts pictures of Algiers Riverfest (sans spandex).
Nola Cleophatra posts photos of crawfish and some jewelry she got at Freret St. fest.
Jeffrey informs us that the 5th annual Celebracion Latina will be going on, just down the street, this afternoon.
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(and, perhaps:)
Slurp up the fun!
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Update: Maringouin posted some brilliant pictures of the fun.
Howie Luvzus posts pictures of Algiers Riverfest (sans spandex).
Nola Cleophatra posts photos of crawfish and some jewelry she got at Freret St. fest.
Jeffrey informs us that the 5th annual Celebracion Latina will be going on, just down the street, this afternoon.
Labels: Food
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Spandex looks painted on
Howie Luvzus despairs that his greatest accomplishment in life might be sharing a photo of a curvy lady in gold spandex. Actually, if the apex of my personal achievements involved spandex I'd be sorta proud. Think of it this way: apart from inventing the stuff, what would it take to have the word "spandex" appear in the first sentence of your obituary? See? Not such an easy thing to orchestrate, by any stretch (pun intended).
I'm having trouble pinpointing exactly what makes Howie's spandexed blonde so aesthetically compelling. Is it the sheer brazenness of her figure? I dunno, but it's the sort of image that stays with you-- for better or worse.
Personally, I like this photo the best. If you keep the front three figures, and put them on a vista resembling the salt flats, it's like an instant Salvador Dali painting.
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My favorite Dali is The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, in St. Petersburg (FLA). Painted in 1959, it's one of my favorite pieces of art.
There's a lot going on in the work, and I like that. I'm a fan of Hieronymous Bosch, for example. If you follow me on twitter, you know I tweet about Bosch incessantly.
Anyway: note Salvador kneeling on the beach, praying with crucifix-- his hopeful muse arising out of Columbus' banner, which is already firmly planted in the "new" continent. (Inspiration first, inspiration first.) Why does Columbus' beatific foot have such an ominous shadow? Similarly, there's a whole host of heavenly imagery mixed with the armaments and flags of Christian soldiers. Some of those crosses are flying over the ocean like missiles, aren't they? The ship's sail is faded and streaked. There's a sky eye view of Christ's head and slung torso during crucifixion (which might take a while to make out). And what's up with that mysterious hooded figure in the corner?
Impressively, the lunar-looking seashell in the foreground sits in the beach, a few small steps away from Christopher.
Not that you need to travel out of New Orleans to see something surreal, but I would consider a visit to St. Petersburg (FLA) to be incomplete if you didn't see this painting. (Btw, I hear that there's a museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, that also has some quality artwork.)
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I'm having trouble pinpointing exactly what makes Howie's spandexed blonde so aesthetically compelling. Is it the sheer brazenness of her figure? I dunno, but it's the sort of image that stays with you-- for better or worse.
Personally, I like this photo the best. If you keep the front three figures, and put them on a vista resembling the salt flats, it's like an instant Salvador Dali painting.
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My favorite Dali is The Discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, in St. Petersburg (FLA). Painted in 1959, it's one of my favorite pieces of art.
There's a lot going on in the work, and I like that. I'm a fan of Hieronymous Bosch, for example. If you follow me on twitter, you know I tweet about Bosch incessantly.
Anyway: note Salvador kneeling on the beach, praying with crucifix-- his hopeful muse arising out of Columbus' banner, which is already firmly planted in the "new" continent. (Inspiration first, inspiration first.) Why does Columbus' beatific foot have such an ominous shadow? Similarly, there's a whole host of heavenly imagery mixed with the armaments and flags of Christian soldiers. Some of those crosses are flying over the ocean like missiles, aren't they? The ship's sail is faded and streaked. There's a sky eye view of Christ's head and slung torso during crucifixion (which might take a while to make out). And what's up with that mysterious hooded figure in the corner?
Impressively, the lunar-looking seashell in the foreground sits in the beach, a few small steps away from Christopher.
Not that you need to travel out of New Orleans to see something surreal, but I would consider a visit to St. Petersburg (FLA) to be incomplete if you didn't see this painting. (Btw, I hear that there's a museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, that also has some quality artwork.)
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
Like you, I miss him fiercely
This photo of "brooding Ashley" makes me laugh.
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"I can't see, fuckmook, I have no eyes."
David Simon's tribute.
Labels: ashley morris