tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201076482011-04-21T23:19:24.688-05:00at which a mad black woman rants about New Orleans, insomnia, teaching, various <i>-isms</i> and anything else involving a bitch, a spot or the letter gG Bitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627688780324880935noreply@blogger.comBlogger2071100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20107648.post-16196291347384354702007-03-14T18:10:00.002-05:002009-01-16T19:33:06.252-06:00

This site is now an archive. No comments will be accepted. See the "new" G Bitch Spot.UPDATE: Go to gbitchspot.com until further notice.

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Not really, just leaving Blogger (that flashing shit is driving my ass battier): g-bitch.com. (If you forget the dash, you get--predictably--porn. I know you'll leave it out now.)It will be a gradual process. Unless my knowledge base miraculously increases overnight.

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UNOP District Meetings #3UNOP

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There is still, I believe, a difference between major depression and the shit you feel like because your city is being left to rot and not-so-slowly starve.http://www.mental-health-today.com/dep/dsm.htmMajor Depressive Episode A. Five (or more) of the following symptoms have been present during the same 2-week period and represent a change

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http://crystal.palace.net/~llama/psych/cptsd.html Recommended DSM diagnostic criteria, per Trauma and Recovery by Judith Herman, c1992 by Basic Books. A history of subjection to totalitarian control over a prolonged period (months to years). Examples include hostages, prisoners of war, concentration-camp survivors, and survivors of some religious cults. Examples also include those

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via Boing Boing Do you have old thumb drives (otherwise known as USB Memory Sticks) at your office or home that you don't use anymore? We'd love to collect these drives and share them with the organizations we work with. They can be used in 100's of useful ways by: Students Aid Workers Small Business Entrepreneurs You can get a donation receipt if you want: Inveneo.org.From their "Our Vision:

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Over the last 6 months, I've had conversations with family, colleagues, students, friends and acquaintances new and old about anti-depressants. Though I don't lie about it, I don't tell everybody I take "meds." And when I do say so, seriously or as a punchline ("That's what anti-depressants are for!"), most people in NO or of the diaspora reply with, "Y'know, I've been wondering if I need. . ."

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But chillingly, trauma has a second, even more covert mechanism. It can affect children and adults directly, as in primary trauma, or it can function vicariously, make a long, stealthy leap from one person's mind to another person's, across space and time. Secondary trauma, the vicarious sort, is a term used most often by psychotherapists, to refer to the fact that a person (such as a

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Before the "How could New Orleans do that?" commentaries and lamentations begin, it was not New Orleans technically that "re-elected" Rep. Jefferson:Orleans Parish: (250 out of 392 precincts) Jefferson-D.................13,204 votes.................49% Carter-D......................13,769 votes......

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IndexedI can hardly read for the laughing and tears.(HT: Maitri)

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All sanity is great madness, but the greatest madness of all is to live life the way it is, rather than as it should be.--Cervantes----The "issue" of race in the Carter-Jefferson runoff is cynically being used to manipulate, not to make progress or reveal truth.If you are in district 2, go vote. If you aren't, cross your fingers and have a couple drinks.pic from http://www.vanderbilt.edu/

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The man for the job: New Orleans recovery czarI thought Nagin was supposed to be The (Black) Man for the Job. Isn't this the 2d or 3d "man for the job" we've had and/or that Nagin has hired?Blaklely pic from http://www.usyd.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=491Nagin pic from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/10/21/wkat21.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/10/21/ixworld.htmltags: Ray

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Here's another chance to look at The Three Scenarios: Back to the Bad Ol' Days, Little Bit of This and Not Enough of That aka the Middling Middle and NOLAUtopia with Little to No Funding:UNOP Planning District #2 Public Meeting: Draft District Plans: Saturday 12/16, 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. at the Dryades YMCA, 2220 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd. (enter on Philip near Jackson)***Why am I perceiving the

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His name stirs an old radio/TV commercial from childhood or my teens: Bob Odom...Bob Odom...Bob Odom...Bob Odom! The latest sugar mill has always looked suspicious to me and I've never been able to figure out his obsession/passion for getting these things built. His trial, of course, drags on.Some reading:February trial date set in criminal case against Bob OdomSweet deal may keep mill

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Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, Hall E (2d floor), Ballrooms A & BFree parking in Parking Lot F, across the street from the Convention Center on TchoupitoulasLink to live webcast, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. (update: which never worked for me)

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The original tag-yourself meme came from Bardiac. But this is--My Damn Book MemeMy Rules:1. I [g]rab the nearest chosen book.2. I [o]pen the book to page 123.3. I [f]ind the fifth sentence.4. I [p]ost the text of the next 4 sentences on your my blog along with these instructions. Do not post the instructions again.5. Don't you dare I dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book on the shelf in your

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I don't know much about Ellen Willis except what I've read about her via Susie Bright and i am curious blue but I came across her contribution to a 2005 forum in the Chronicle of Higher Education: The Chronicle of Higher EducationFrom the issue dated September 9, 2005http://www.utexas.edu/conferences/africa/ads/1124.html(scroll down to find Willis' complete contribution)FORUM: A Chilly Climate on

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I'm not comfortable with local ministers supporting Rep. Jefferson in the run-off. Aside from the church-state-tax-exempt issues, how is a vote for Jefferson a benefit for their "flocks" (I'm guessing "parishioners" isn't the right word) rather than a personal power play? And after the conflicts some have had in the past with Nagin, why support Nagin's candidate? If the vote is really about their

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"Grants may have IRS calling"--If you claimed losses on your 2005 federal income tax form, your Road Home grant may be subject to federal income tax:But the Internal Revenue Service says Road Home recipients who claimed a storm loss on their taxes last year should count the grants as income on their federal tax returns this year. That means some people will be thrown into lofty tax brackets they

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The second Community Congress is Saturday, Dec. 2. This time, the New Orleans diaspora can attempt to participate from Atlanta, Houston, Baton Rouge and Dallas. When you register for the congress, you'll be asked for some demographic information and if you need child care or transportation or are willing to help recruit people to attend. The form also asks how many people you will bring with

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Yep, Site Meter says I have passed the 10,000 visits mark.Sure. 75% of the visits last a whole 0 seconds:Those shouldn't count. But if they didn't, I'd have about 3000 visits.11/24--see Tim's correction in the comments

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I have my grapevine sources. And some questions. University had structural problems when LSU Health Care Services Division bought it. The area around it frequently flooded with hard (or sustained) rain. There used to be boats at the hospital to use during flooding. The basement and first floor of University flooded after the levees failed while the basement of Charity flooded. University is

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1. I think it is some of the particular students rather than teaching in general that raises my blood pressure.I issued an assignment 5 days ago, one that was rather simple and echoed a past assignment. 3 of the responses I got are not assignments but single-sentence emails. One section of students submitted NO assignments at all.I guess I better get Dear University Student #19 printed on a

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Yet another thing people nationally don't get--"all that money" sent to the Gulf Coast has filled the pockets of connected corporations, like fucking Entergy and KBR and Ceres "Environmental." This is exactly what happens when The Market is allowed to "decide" where money will go, who will profit, and who gets left out. The same people get richer and the rest of us keep getting fucked up the ass

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Busy externally and internally. Trying to save some energy for other projects and needs. But...1. You know it's almost Christmas when the toy recalls start. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has an RSS feed for recent recalls so you'll know not to buy your favorite niece that Dream House Play Set from Target or to intentionally buy a Helix Remote Control Micro Helicopter for the

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Arnie Fielkow, Stacy Head and Oliver Thomas are supposed to be there.Tuesday (TONIGHT), 6:30 pmAshe Cultural Center1712 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard, New Orleans, LA 70113 phone: (504) 569-9070

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Do not turn in 3 or 4 weeks of missed homework, essays and assignments on the day midterm grades are due. Not only are you not my sole student but I see no reason to bust my ass because you didn't bother to apply yourself for the last EIGHT weeks.

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November 11th, 2006: District Meetings #2Described on the UNOP site as "A workshop meeting where your district will be exploring options and possible solutions to issues of concern."District 1: Central Business District, Vieux Carre ("Vieux Carr" on the UNOP site) and the Warehouse DistrictTime: 9a-11aLocation: Chateau Sonesta, 800 Iberville St.District 2: Milan, Touro, Garden District, Central

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Why do you persist in reading this %#$(@^*! when you should be reading People Get Ready and Schroeder's latest reason to hate WWL. (hint: with Democrats set to control--so to speak--Congress in January, New Orleanians will no longer have to hear any of that "liberal talk radio" that's such a scourge to the nation.)http://www.beyondhollywood.com/reviews/guncrazy.htmtags: We Are Not Okay, People

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The biggest problem the city faces today? Not Road Home sluggishness, not murder or domestic violence or public transportation or affordable housing but parking fines!N.O. parking violators face crackdownIn New Orleans, motorists who have failed to pay their parking tickets will have their cars booted in greater numbers, predicts a city administrator, who also foresees a doubling of the number of

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Someone I heard speak recently reminded me why I didn't vote for Nagin either time he ran for mayor and why I was baffled at the amount of black support he gained--his principal allies were white conservatives/Republicans, a significant number of whom are anti-Landrieu "on principle" (i.e. because he integrated City Hall), not a group usually invested in the wants, needs or pains of black

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Hold-your-breath close to the elections, another Republican/conservative scandal-in-the-making: Key evangelical quits amid gay sex claim (ABCNews: watch out for pop-up ads). The Rev. Ted Haggard, leader of the 30 million-member National Association of Evangelicals and head of the 14,000-member New Life Church in Colorado Springs, CO, didn't exactly quit or resign as the stories are written--he

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I [] just read [] just saw [] am pissed about __(add link here)__Go read __(add more links here)__. I [] totally agree with [] can't stand what __(insert link or name here)__ [] said [] did [] thought about it.I can't believe __(add name or link here)__ [] will [] wants to [] has voted to [] has already [] will not [] refuses to yield on [] probably buried

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HT to Ashley (when The Girl is old enough, I owe you some babysitting):Where Y'At's "Local Universities Post-Katrina" by Jana MackinCritics argue that financial exigency and other restructuring plans are being used by the universities not just as vehicles of rebuilding damaged institutions to financial and academic health, but as back alley sleight of hand to circumnavigate the basic rights and

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Actually, I wasn't sitting on my ass but I mostly wasn't at the UNOP Community Congress this past Saturday. According to the Times-Picayune, the people who showed up weren't exactly representative:75 percent of about 350 participants in the meeting were white, and 40 percent had an annual household income of more than $75,000. Before Hurricane Katrina, the city was 67 percent African-American and

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From Bardiac, a tag-yourself meme.Rules:1. Grab the nearest book.2. Open the book to page 123.3. Find the fifth sentence.4. Post the text of the next 4 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest.****What exactly are we saying? That the presence

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I've read a lot about migraines in the last 36 hours. The last one, the one I am still trying to hold back, announced itself with colored flashes (most in a charming blue or purple) and mild speech problems--I couldn't pull words together properly and had uncharacteristic trouble coming up with the words I needed, incredibly useful and ego-building for an ENGLISH professor. There are classic

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I need to take a break until I get some damn sleep. I can't handle insomnia brain anymore--a couple weeks of sleep has ruined my 6-years-in-the-perfecting ability to function despite a gradual deterioration of most of my functions and faculties from chronic lack of sleep. I am getting too weird for public consumption.

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No one likes it, no one is "good" at it, and few handle it with the desired (face-saving) grace. As used as I am to it, I am no "good" at it. It sticks in the undersides of my eyelids. Not enough to be crippling but enough to grate every second of the day.(What's worse is that I have no right to feel rejected. I had no right to what I wanted anyway. I wasn't going to get it, either. Several folks

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Former Rep. Mark Foley, after he resigned, blamed not only alcohol abuse but sexual abuse by a Catholic priest for his behavior. (I see, though, Susie Bright's point that 16-year-old males aren't children, have their own sex lives and can make some decisions for themselves about their sexuality, sex lives and particular sexual activities.) And in a report on WWL (Schroeder can tell you why you

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Broadsheet's Page Rockwell gives Bob Herbert some praise in "Why doesn't shooting girls count as a hate crime?" (must look at ad to read!) for being the rare mainstream voice to see the misogyny, the femicide, in the Amish school shootings. Her next-to-last paragraph rings:I'd argue that it's precisely because the schoolhouse killings are a clear-cut instance of targeted violence against girls.

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Any regular Western visitor to the developing world will be familiar with that awkward moment when a local resident raises, with a passion and level of forensic detail that reveals this sis still an open wounds some injustice perpetrated long ago by the colonial master. Baffled, the traveller registers that the forgotten massacre or broken treaty, which he has only just discovered, is the

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We have been told for years to bow down before “the market.” We have placed our faith in the laws of supply and demand. What has been forgotten, or ignored, is that the market rewards only efficiency. Every other human value gets in its way. The market will drive wages down like water, until they reach the lowest possible level. Today that level is not being set in Washington or New York or

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I wrote on Father's Day about my unresolved, opaque feelings about my father and, ultimately, male authority:But I grew up without the absolutist authority of the male in the household. As far as I am concerned, all the emperors have no clothes. They come and go, they are needed and not, they are good and bad, they fortify and decimate.I like that my daughter has a father. Even when I feel left

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Humans are like weeds. I believe in negative population growth, especially in the developed Western world with its refrigerators and SUVs and Ferris wheels and pig farms. This chart from Treehugger needs no words of mine.

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On my mind last week and this weekend:1) Nagin awards pair of hefty trash deals: Garbage trucks will use robotic arms—Another of Nagin’s practical ideas for the city. “Semi-automated” in this case means the same number of workers per truck but a robotic arm is added. Huh? Where’s recycling? How is any neighborhood going to reduce waste without recycling? Those trucks, as I remember, used one

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An actual student spelling error: "As the saying goes, a group is only as strong as its weakass link."

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Link

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via Boing Boing and for sale at Blue Collar Distro. One of 3 creepy IMs under the logo:(7:57:05 PM) i always use lotion and the hand (7:79:48 PM) is your little guy limp...or growingor as featured above--(8:08:31 PM) get a ruler and measure it for meWhich is creepier--the red-rimmed eyes, the come-here finger, the trunk, or the sack?tags: pedophant t-shirt, Blue Collar Distro10/7: And,

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AOL.com has a story on the Ms. Magazine "I Had an Abortion" petition. I took the poll around 5 pm and these were the results: Is it a bad idea because women shouldn't be "shamed" with public acknowledgement of an often difficult decision? Or because it might "encourage" other women to have abortions? Or should it just not be talked about? Abortion abortion abortion abortion abortion abortion

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First, go read Debrisville meets the Jetsons and we all lose our parking at Wet Bank Guide, there's another one born every minute at dangerblond's and Residents call trash pickup a mess. Include the Wet Bank Guide comments or you only get half the picture. I almost broke a tooth I was so pissed. We can talk automation after I get recycling back.Next, look at this morning's Health plan urged for

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There are 5 pages left in my journal. Usually, that sparks an immediate search for a new one and a generalized anxiety that makes me ready to abandon the last few pages for any new journal. That impulse to run at the end is deep, well-ingrained and often counter-productive. Job annoying? Don't go back. Who gives a fuck about rent or food? Friend shows a never-before-seen strain of

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A student sent an email, one long sentence with no capitalization or punctuation, asking what letters to the editor in a newspaper are and how to find them.

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Thursday evening, WWNO featured the first of two interviews with Jim Brandt of the Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana about the 13 amendments on the slate Saturday. Schroeder has written about the piss-poor job local radio generally does in serving the community and I won't disagree with him. Thursday before the election is kind of late to start talking.Thursday, Brandt discussed

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I feel different, Mister says I look different, I see better. I had truly forgotten what sleep feels like. I am agog daily with the relief I feel. And that I can replicate it.I hope my doctor doesn't cut me off any time soon.

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LSU is now having the same problem staffing University Hospital as the Recovery School District had filling teaching positions--after firing over 2600 people, LSU cannot seem to find enough nurses, technicians, etc. to properly re-staff and re-open University. The hospital has staff for about 60 beds, the CEO says.tags: New Orleans, Recovery School District, University Hospital, post-Katrina

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Example: Sex therapy isn't just for weirdos who fuck pumpkins anymore.The placement of "anymore" leads to ambiguity. Does it mean the weirdos don't fuck pumpkins now but did in the past (did they need the sex therapy then or now?) or does it mean that sex therapy is now also for people who do not fuck pumpkins (sounds misguidedly exhibitionistic anyway).Revison: Sex therapy is no longer just for

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From the PDF (emphasis added):1) “The storm did irreparable damage to public housing projects like St. Bernard. For this reason they should be demolished.”Some public housing apartments were damaged by Katrina, but most were not. The developments HUD wants to demolish remain fit for human habitation. Dr. Marty Rowland, a civil engineer who conducted an informal survey of the units in several

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I've left and returned to NO a few times. I left for college, came back for a while, left to work (not enough, not well, not lucratively or in any truly beneficial way), came back, left again for school, stayed away a while and came back with husband and daughter in tow, a husband who had fallen in love with the city through Jazz Fest and brass bands. I saw the city again showing him and could

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The silver fleur-de-lis earrings I bought in January are tarnished. I'm not sure I should polish them yet.District B Neighborhood Meeting Impression #1: Nagin has charm and Shrub's penchant for acting down-home (though Nagin is infinitely better at it) and he can make you think in person that he means well but I have no more faith or trust in him than I did when he first ran for mayor. His

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This time, it's Morwen Madrigal, our dear Gentilly Girl, who needs help clearing/gutting her house. If you can help, there's a wiki page set up to volunteer for dates, bring equipment or donate cash to the cause. If you can help, please do. Morwen is not just a Gentilly girl but a New Orleans girl through and through. And she can rant like I don't know what!

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(another wonderful quote from the "giddy" Daily Show interview with Samuel L .Jackson about Snakes on a Plane.)Morwen Madrigal has had it with Nagin and she's getting the recall paperwork Monday. (See her open letter to His Alleged Honor here. She rants good like a New Orleanian should.) It is a long shot and numerically seems damn near impossible (see Ashley Morris' RECALL post and the comments)

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Saturday, September 9, 2006Nagin's first District B Community MeetingAllie Mae Williams Auditorium2020 Jackson AvenueNew Orleans Be there! Tell the man what you think!Thanks Karen!

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I missed the voting this time but here it is: The Uffda Treat. This is not fried or on a stick, has no tater tots or meat. How'd it get in there? And what's it in? What's the krumkake bowl made of?I was hoping for more heart-deteriorating food. Though this could qualify if I knew what it was made of....Without the danger element, it's rather boring but I figured there should be closure.

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My mother worked at Charity, and later University Hospital, at least half of my life. When she and her colleagues were finally evacuated, the last hospital to be cleared after Katrina and the levee breach flooding, the last hospital to get not only its patients out but its staff, the doors of Charity, for the first time since the building opened, were locked. Nurses cried. Charity had never been

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Another week. I've reported to work and have an office in a building this time with a wood door and multiple file drawers. I will not expect more. That usually leads to neurotic excessive drinking. (Though I do not think, unlike many of my colleagues, that it is too much to expect an employer to provide the basics for employees to function--in our case, desks, chairs, paper, Internet access,

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Karina eats more Minnesota State Fair "food" #2: Deep-Fried Chocolate Chip Cookie (on a stick--no, this is actually not served on a stick). She cheerfully says, "It's just grease and chocolate!"But the worst, the one I voted for, the Deep Fried Mac-'n-Cheese on a stick, doesn't go over well. There is a mysterious fish smell to it. Double eww.

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Sweet Lorraine'sBlack Men of Labor~ Labor Day Parade, starts @ 3pm (I will be there.)pic from Mardi Gras Digest

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This man is my favorite Cajun. See his comment on Ashley Morris' blog. It is hard to pick a best of so here is a paragraph:Hell, many Americans would be happy to see us go. Many of our fellow citizens in "sister" states think we are abhorant and a financial drain. Let them believe that nonsense. Then we can stop subsidizing greater American prosperity with our high cancer rates, greater exposer

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pictures by Derek Bridgestags: We Are Not Okay, New Orleans

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I've only voted once but as a mostly-vegan, it gave me a perverse thrill and long cackle. Then I watched her eat the winner of the last poll, hot dish on a stick.Vote for which "food" item Karina should eat next at the Minnesota State Fair. At Pharyngula is the complete menu. Most everything is "on-a-stick." The most recent poll numbers:Pleasantly painful laughing.

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(title courtesy of Samuel L. Jackson--see his "giddy" appearance on The Daily Show)The closer it has gotten to August 29 ("anniversary" is too marital and positive), the worse I feel physically. The past week my insomnia has "flared" (instead of waking at 4 a.m., I've been wide-eyed, and pissed, at 2); my stomach is unsure, impossible to fill, empty or please; muscles so coiled I live on the

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Congrats to the organizers for pulling it off. I haven't beeen around so many cool people over the age of 25 since I was 25.One story I didn't tell: The Lakefront area is not my stomping ground and with my terrible sense of direction, I got lost at least 3 times. Not realizing how close I was, I stopped to ask a few folks on bicycles (fitted out in bright, new-looking biking gear) where the NO

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Rockey Vaccarella and BushSurvivor: Cook Islands"Our" MayorThat's not the end of the list but all I have time for right now. If you want to hear me rant at Rising Tide, just say "Our Mayor" or "Nagin." Or "Army Corps." Or "Entergy New Orleans." Or.....

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The court system was ineffective before Katrina and has added "chaotic," "absurd" and "self-imploding" to the list of approriate descriptors. Men and women are lost in the system and the DA is unwilling to see any violations, unfairness or gray (or plain ethical) areas. Today's Times-Pic example: "Drug case dismissed for inaction." Gregory Lewis spent 9 months in the NO criminal justice system

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The whole thing is at Sabrina in Stockings--Insatiable: How to Date a Nympho. (First, use the concept "date" lightly.)***She’ll try to warn you most guys have a hard time keeping up with her. You’ll tell her you have the same problem. After all, you have a pretty high sex drive. Most of your previous lovers haven’t wanted it three, four times a week like you do. (ha!)***We’re cool. We don’t need

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All from Nola.com. There's much more listed here.TODAY:LEVEES.ORG to observe Anniversary of the Worst Engineering Disaster in U.S. History 4:00 p.m., Poydras Street Courtyard, Hale Bogg's Building, Magazine at Poydras to release a report card on the performance of the U.S. Corps of Engineers since August 29, 2005/ Hurricane Katrina and release a commemorative poster made from photos of

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Even though my ass ain't on the list, go vote anyway. All finalists are deserving.You have until the 31st to vote. Winnners will be announced September 3.

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Coming alarmingly soon!Rising Tide Conference Rising Tide scheduleRising Tide registration Rising Tide Conference Wiki NOLA bloggers listtags: Rising Tide Conference, New Orleans, bloggers, media, NOLA bloggers

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Remember this picture from It's Definitely Not a Hug?Think Progress reveals the awesome power of the presidential photo op--President Bush promised 74-year-old Ethel Williams that her house would be rebuilt. Four months later, not a thing has happened. Ms. Williams said, "[W]e all disappointed because nothing's been done."tags: post-Katrina, New Orleans, President Bush, Ninth Ward, New

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True forgiveness cannot be granted until the perpetrator has sought and earned it through confession, repentance, and restitution. Genuine contrition in a perpetrator is a rare miracle. ... The fantasy of compensation, like the fantasies of revenge and forgiveness, often becomes a formidable impediment to mourning. Part of the problem is the very legitimacy of the desire for compensation.

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Employer Advises Dumpster-Diving for Axed Workers, courtesy of the Houston Chronicle 's chron.com. From the "booklet...part of a 150-page packet to ground workers, such as baggage handlers, whose jobs will likely be cut after their union agreed to allow the airline to outsource some of their work": The four-page booklet, "Preparing for a Financial Setback" contained suggestions such as shopping

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Stick your tongue out at demagogic anti-abortionists. This, though, is for real--your name, where you live, etc. and your name printed in Ms. and MsMagazine.com. (They won't know if the address is fake. Unless you are really bad at it.) But it is time to stop hiding. I am not ashamed of my abortion and few women I know are. Difficult decisions are not necessarily shameful ones. That said, no one

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FYI:August 14, 2006 Survivors Village MEDIA ADVISORY www.survivorsvillage.com Contact: Annie Chen 510.847.4708 survivorsvillage@gmail.com Survivors Village Hosts Media Exclusive Tours of New Orleans Public Housing 'Reality Check' Explains Housing Struggles One Year After Katrina What: Media exclusive 'Reality Check' of New Orleans public housing When: August

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Many acts that women experience as terrorizing violations may not be regarded as such, even by those closest to them. Survivors are thus placed in the situation where they must choose between expressing their own point of view and remaining in connection with others. Under these circumstances, many women may have difficulty even naming their experience.Herman writes this primarily about survivors

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Bardiac has some sane advice for new tenure-track folks, and a welcome. The highlights:Don't panic...don't be paranoidSave stuff for your portfolioGet to know your administrative and other staff membersJust by being a faculty member, you've pretty much started near the top....When you want to complain about your office or something, remember that the adjunct standing in line behind you would

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Still processing Trauma and Recovery. I've decided to try my own version of a link farm, as usual making my own non-rules:Angry Professor breaks down the insanity of the "business model budget" at LSU in "In which I ponder the budget." The same could be said for every university in NO. I hope it is not true for others.Coffeeandink's "How to Suppress Discussions of Racism" is tart and funny.Mark

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Most women do not in fact recognize the degree of male hostility toward them, preferring to view the relations of the sexes as more benign than they are in fact. Similarly, women like to believe that they have greater freedom and higher status than they do in reality***Restoration of the breach between the traumatized person and the community depends, first, upon public acknowledgement of the

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Remembering and telling the truth about terrible events are prerequisites both for the restoration of the social order and for the healing of individual victims.The conflict between the will to deny horrible events and the will to proclaim them aloud is the central dialectic of psychological trauma. People who have survived atrocities often tell their stories in a highly emotional, contradictory,

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In order to escape accountability for his crimes, the perpetrator does everything in his power to promote forgetting. Secrecy and silence are the perpetrator’s first line of defense. If secrecy fails, the perpetrator attacks the credibility of his victim. If he cannot silence her absolutely, he tries to make sure that no one listens. To this end, he marshals an impressive array of arguments, from

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"Plagiarizing Granny" at Professor Zero.

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Go vote. See more at the site.

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From the same folks who suggested greenspacing neighborhoods like Broadmoor (which is strong and will recover) by assuming all the flooding was caused by low-lying land, not the fucked-up levee and flood "protection" systems built by the Army Corps of Engineers, comes criticism of New Orleans' local leadership in the recovery, claiming there has been little, if any, leadership (which is exactly

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Got tagged (and I am honored it was Dr. Free Ride). I'm no genius and kind of all over the place. Duh.1. One book that changed your life?The Third Life of Grange Copeland by Alice Walker. Not only was she black (and "she") and the characters black, but some realities I'd lived were validated/confirmed by that book. That, more than the story or prose, helped me become a writer. 2. One book you

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This is down the street from my house:About a month ago, this house had a crew of Spanish-speaking workers (some but not all are Mexican; I hear a lot of "guey" in the stores and on the bus) tearing off the damaged roof and piling it on the sidewalk like this. Two days later a FEMA contractor team closed off the block, covered their noses and mouths and took away the roof tiles in a closed

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Judge Arthur Hunter has been making noise about indigent defendants left to waste away in the New Orleans judicial "system" and has threatened to take action, even issuing a subpoena (very politely) to Governor Blanco to testify in his court room about the lack of funding for indigent defense. It may be low on the list of local officials' priorities (Nagin thinks we are on schedule rebuilding the

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We knew this from Nash Roberts. Nash Roberts is a veteran New Orleans TV weatherman who is low-tech, at least by way of presentation, and always right. Nash was broadcasting from his own house, it looked like, tracing the hurricane with a grease pencil on a sheet of Plexiglas or a pad of paper, I forget which, while the other channels' meteorologists were using all manner of laser pointers and

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Cities Shed Middle Class, and Are Richer and Poorer for ItBut it's really not all bad:Firefighters who want to live in high-priced cities can work two jobs, said W. Michael Cox, chief economist for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. “I think it’s great,” he said. “It gives you portfolio diversification in your income.” Pay for essential workers like plumbers and cabdrivers will tend to go up, he

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from "Portrait of a Blogger: Under 30 and Sociable" by Kim Hart:"The average blogger is a 14-year-old girl writing about her cat," said Alexander Halavais, an assistant professor of interactive communications at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut.Not only should blogging be taken lightly because "the young" and the "chatty" do it so their "friends" can read about their latest flossing but also

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Update/clarification: Sorry, no, it's not my office. (I didn't have an office. I had a cubicle 15 blocks from where I taught. On campus, my office was a trailer, not a sturdy interior like this.) I have my job (complaining will start in September) and I knew I should've been specific--the computer science department was eliminated at Loyola (the reasons are unclear and hardly fit their claim to

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