I broke down for the first time in awhile today at work after reading the Bring New Orleans Back final report that was released this week. Their website is down up and running, and I managed to get a copy of the powerpoint presentation. Here it is converted to pdf. I guess it just hit me again how much of the city really will be lost, and how important it is to do it right.
Jan 132006
Jan 112006
Pictures. They’ve both grown since you saw them Buzz (I guess it’s nearly 2 years ago now!)
In today’s “what the hell?” moment, the New Orleans City Council passed a unanimous resolution the other day asking Tom Benson to hire SuperBowl MVP Doug Williams as head coach or other executive, who is currently an executive with the Tampa Bay Bucs.
I have a few concerns.
- Why is the New Orleans City Council wasting their time on voting on who they think should be the Saints’ new coach? Isn’t there some kind of infrastructure that needs building? I also wonder if the jackass city councilman who lives here in Atlanta and organized the anti-Mardi Gras protest before the Saints-Falcons MNF game was able to attend that vote.
- Why is SuperBowl MVP Doug Williams qualified? Because he coached at Grambling and Morehouse? Seriously.
- Why did they pick out SuperBowl MVP Doug Williams? Being from New Orleans, I know that the NO City Council is fundamentally corrupt. SuperBowl MVP Doug Williams is from Louisiana, but what is his connection to the City Council?
If you are wondering why I cannot use SuperBowl MVP Doug Williams’ name without calling him SuperBowl MVP Doug Williams, ask Dave.
Jan 092006
I can no longer be trusted to eat a kiwi fruit at work anymore.
Jan 062006
I’ve been in Leeds most of this week on a course. It is 300 miles from Poole. Drove up there Tuesday night, 5 hours drive, developed a cold on the way up, spent 3 days in a classroom with thumping head and leaking nose finding it hard to concentrate, drove back tonight trying to see through streaming eyes and got home an hour ago.
Kids and Sarah were pleased to see me. However, I picked Lucy up for a cuddle and she threw up all over me. lol. Welcome home Daddy!
I want to sleep a lot this weekend. However I also want to play with the kids. Maybe I’ll play hide and seek with them and hide in the loft and snooze 
Jan 062006
WordPress, the software I use to run this site, has just released a new version, WordPress 2.0. I’ll be upgrading the site sometime this weekend, and who knows what might happen. Don’t be alarmed if the site goes down for a little while, or looks a little funny.
Jan 052006
WICKED will play Wednesday, May 17 through Sunday, May 28, 2006 at The Fox Theatre in Midtown Atlanta.
Performances are Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8:00 p.m. with matinees on Saturdays at 2:00 p.m., Sundays at 1:00 p.m. and a special matinee performance on Thursday, May 18 at 2:00 p.m.
Ticket prices range from $27.00 – $66.00 and go on sale Sunday, December 4, 2005 at the Fox Theatre box office, all Ticketmaster outlets, online at www.BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com.
http://www.foxtheatre.org/current_news.htm
I’m excited to finally get to see this play.
Jan 042006
In an email newsletter today, I got a link to author David Foster Wallace’s commencement address at Kenyon University in May 2005. It’s a nice New Year’s read, the time of year where everyone is thinking about resolutions and self-improvement and so on.
It’s about how we are hard-wired to see ourselves as the center of the uinverse, because in fact we are the center of our own universe, per our own experience and point of reference. And it’s about how difficult it is to break out of that “default setting,” as he calls it. I’ve never read any of Wallace’s work before, but I think I will have to add him to the list of people to read.
Be warned, its long. If you don’t have the time, come back to it later. Here’s the link:
http://www.marginalia.org/dfw_kenyon_commencement.html
Jan 022006
I’m turning this post into everyone’s recap. A review of the year if you will. Post news by month
January – Unemployed. 2 cats/2 people. Start knitted bag.
February – Unemployed. 2 cats/2 people. Excellent Mardi Gras.
March – Unemployed. 2 cats/2 people.
April – Unemployed. 2 cats/2 people. Vegas trip. Attempt to pay federal taxes.
May – Unemployed. 2 cats/2 people. Turn on A/C.
June – Unemployed. 2 cats/2 people. Philadelphia trip. Mom’s 50th birthday. Nonno in hospital. Kent’s conference in Boston.
July – Get job. 2 cats/2 people. Beth visits Atlanta. Nonno still in hospital.
Beginning of August – Job. 2 cats/2 people. Trip to Philadelphia and Kent’s archiving conference in New Orleans. Discover Farmer’s Market.
End of August – Get laid off. 4 cats/3 people. Katrina. Football draft.
September – Unemployed. 4 cats/5 people. Rita. Trip to New Orleans. Triple 30 Labor Day Birthday party. Dave gets job at the AJC. Eric and Katie get married. Dave and Paul get new apartment. New glasses.
October – Unemployed. 4 cats/4 people. Turn off A/C. No hurricanes. Halloween.
November – Get job. 4 cats/2 people. Unable to get to Philadelphia, stay in Atlanta for Thanksgiving.
December – Keep Job. 4 cats/2 people. Car accident. Kent falls down stairs, breaks butt. Christmas and New Year’s in Atlanta. Jack, Marnie and Grant visit. Mom and Beth visit. Brent and Chelsey get engaged. Colleen and Tom get engaged. Big party and Paul and Dave’s. Still working on knitted bag.
Jan 022006
Haslett won’t return as Saints head coach
The Saints fired coach Jim Haslett on Monday, the day after ending a 3-13 season overshadowed by the hurricane that devastated New Orleans and forced the team to abandon the city.
Now that it has happened, I feel kinda bad for Haslett. But this should have happened after last season.
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