May 2010
16 posts
May 31st
“I would like my life back.”
– BP chief to Gulf residents: ‘I’m sorry’ - CNN.com. ADVENTURES IN BAD PR, VOLUME SEVENTY BAZILLION.
May 31st
Oil Gossip
I have a long “what all this means to me, being from South Louisiana” blah blah post queued up, but I can’t seem to wrap it with a pithy conclusion. I don’t want that to stop me from sharing some other oil gossip with you, however. So here we are. My parents are in New Orleans gobbling up all the seafood in sight. When I spoke to them yesterday — mainly about how my...
May 30th
May 30th
Around the World... Waka Waka Hey Hey! - WFMU's... →
May 30th
May 29th
naming blogs is easy: But you're bringing me down →
I kind of hate New York these days. The social jockeying, the $2,590 alcove studios in buildings that include DJ Spooky lobby shows as their “amenities,” the promateur paparazzi pushing the delusion that everyone is a VIP, the Web 2.0 bubble-delusion BS, the price of beer vaulting past the $5… I think you should move to New Orleans. That’s partly me living vicariously through you,...
May 23rd
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May 23rd
May 22nd
“These are YOUR people. They may not think exactly like you, but you are trying...”
– Ask “Them”: “Why Don’t You Feel an Obligation to Protect the Poor”? - The Awl
May 22nd
May 22nd
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May 21st
Agency Orders Use of a Less Toxic Chemical in Gulf... →
Gee, WHAT ELSE COULD GO WRONG?
May 21st
May 19th
Hey Camps!
WHAT’S BEEN GOING ON WITH YOU, GIRL? Tired of incessant, under-breath complaints regarding fatigue, confusion, and low-grade fever, I decided to drag my cloudy ass to a walk-in clinic. AND WHAT HAPPENED? My pee was fine. But my blood revealed a severe Vitamin D deficiency! SEVERE? Yeah, like 11 on a scale of should be 50-70! WHOA! Ok, 50-70 is recommended by the Vitamin D Council. But...
May 12th
“Nobody wants no oily shrimp.”
– My Way News - Oil spill grows, with little success stopping flow
May 2nd