Archive for 2005

Are we helping?

Tuesday, September 20th, 2005

K has a post on her blog about local, recent experiences with hurricane Katrina evacuees. The current NC shelter is located in Cary, just a few minutes from her office. She comes home every day, checks the answering machine for a call from any of the volunteer services she’s called repeatedly, and then […]

The most boring five ever.

Saturday, September 17th, 2005

Who is your mobile phone provider, and how many minutes are in your plan?
Sun.com, and I have no idea.

What program do you primarily use for instant messaging?
IRC. It’s what we use at work. I also use AIM on occasion.

Who do you send and receive text messages from most?
People I work with, like L […]

Red Hat Magazine

Thursday, September 15th, 2005

So, I have an article in this month’s Red Hat Magazine. It’s the second one I’ve written, and the first one of any length.
It took approximately forever to write ’cause, duh, I had no idea what to say.
But, anyway, there it is.

five.

Sunday, September 11th, 2005

What was the first song you remember hearing and enjoying on the radio?
I used to make mix tapes off the radio starting when I got my first “boom box.” It was black with teal and pink piping, and matched the hideous flower-and-sea-foam-green decor in the room my mother decorated for me. I used […]

New Orleans, of the present

Thursday, September 8th, 2005

If this account is in any way true, it speaks of neglect and maliciousness that I can hardly fathom.

Just as dusk set in, a Gretna Sheriff showed up, jumped out of his patrol vehicle, aimed his gun at our faces, screaming, “Get off the fucking freeway”. A helicopter arrived and used the wind […]

Finally. The New Orleans post.

Wednesday, September 7th, 2005

No, not THAT New Orleans post. This one’s about the New Orleans that WAS. In June. When I was there for a week.
I know, I know. I was beginning to think I’d never get around to it either. But after recent events I sort of wanted to take a pass […]

Five.

Friday, September 2nd, 2005

What sport do you most enjoy watching on television (or tolerate most)?
I can tolerate most any sport except for golf, baseball, or football. I love watching the Olympics, especially the soccer, swimming, gymnastics, archery, or any of the winter sports.

If you could be really, really good at one sport (we’re talking world elite here), […]

Fucking creepy.

Thursday, September 1st, 2005

Nearly 80 percent of New Orleans lies below sea level—more than eight feet below in places—so the water poured in. A liquid brown wall washed over the brick ranch homes of Gentilly, over the clapboard houses of the Ninth Ward, over the white-columned porches of the Garden District, until it raced through the bars and […]

Need righteous indignation? Look here!

Tuesday, August 30th, 2005

Sometimes, out on those there interwebs, one sees things that make one giggle. Tee hee. Sometimes one sees things that make one think deeply about life, religion, history, or socio-economic politics. Ponder, ponder.
And then sometimes you find a bastion of idiocy and smug moral superiority so dense and choking that you find […]

New Orleans

Monday, August 29th, 2005

Well, I guess I’m really glad I got to see Bourbon Street, the French Quarter, Cafes Du Monde and Bon Ton in June… because after today, they might not be there anymore.

Experts have also warned that the ring of high levees around New Orleans, designed to protect the city from floodwaters coming down the Mississippi, […]