Hurricane Gustav

While I would prefer that the hurricane not hit Houston, even though we should be far enough inland to not get a big hit from it, I really hope it spares New Orleans.

A city that looks like this


does not need any more devastation.

Being Nice

Jamie has accused me of being mean to her. So I'm going to be nice to her, because I am a nice person.

Jamie, you are better at getting us cardiovascular exercise in New Orleans in the evening than anyone I've ever been in New Orleans with.

Mardi Gras

New Orleans is back to normal. They have fixed everything. How do I know this? Because on Yahoo! this morning, I found an article bemoaning the lack of toilets for Mardi Gras. You see, people can't find toilets during the festivities, so they end up going wherever they can find a spot. This ends up being bad for the landowners on the parade routes. This problem made the top headlines for today, which must mean that everything else has been fixed up all hunky-dory like. Of course, the tourists aren't the only ones who are having trouble finding a toilet in New Orleans.

There are the residents of the Lower 9th Ward who live(d) here:
And here:


And the people who live(d) here:



And the residents of the Lafitte Projects who used to live here:


But they don't matter, because they're poor and don't bring money in to the city. So who cares where they pee?