Filed under: Cigars The 2009 Tobacconists' Association of America (TAA) Convention kicks off on Sunday, March 8. Tobacconists and manufacturers from around the world will converge on the CasaMagna Marriott for four days of reconnecting, deal-making and of course plenty of cigar smoking. I'm currentl...

Today President Obama begins to tackle an issue that will effect nearly every American, as he convenes the White House Forum on Health Reform, where the President and participants will "discuss ideas on how to bring down health care costs and increase coverage." Obama’s proposal focuses on thr...

I want to take this opportunity to introduce my readers to a very special friend from Bayou Du Large, one of the the coastal communities in Terrebonne Parish, La that was  impacted  by the storms of 2005 and now severely in  2008.  Her name is Wendy Wilson Billiot, but she is mos...

Owning real estate in hurricane prone regions of the country has always had it’s risks. So after a particularly bad stretch of storms over the past few years one would expect the population to decline. And it has, by about 1 percent since 2000. Of course, according to the study by USA Today, t...

As housing prices drop folks are coming out of the woodwork looking for bargains. If you are looking in fringe subdivisions far outside of major metropolitan areas they are all over the place. But if you are looking to get a bargain on prime beachfront property that will be very hard to do. Lets fac...

Here is a remarkable photograph. I could see from the various versions of this photograph---it was really hard to pick the best---and from other photographs in his photostream at flickr that he's as... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]...

My thank-you to John Edwards and family, and everyone who worked so long and hard on this campaign. It will have been one for the history books. As the Edwards campaign notified the press today, one news commentator noted that......

My thank-you to John Edwards and family, and everyone who worked so long and hard on this campaign. It will have been one for the history books. As the Edwards campaign notified the press today, one news commentator noted that......

RandomKid is an organization that my daughter has been involved in for about a year. I wrote about the organization here.   It is a unique organization because it is focused on kid initiated, kid directed projects.  Check out the project page of their website.  These aren't adult proj...

Our friends at ColorofChange.org are in action again. Trying to help Katrina Survivors to get back home. Sign the petition: Call on your senator to support S. 1668 Help Katrina survivors come back home Public housing residents have been blocked from returning home for over two years. The Gulf Coast ...