Dambala has something to add to yesterday's post. I'll just repost his comment in its entirety with annotations added in parentheses for clarity. (quoting me in regard to the possibility of federal prosecutions) "- I'll believe such things when I see them." I hate to sound conspiratorial, but I am s...

Filed under: Cocktails Snowballs have to be one of my all-time favorite New Orleans treats. I once spent a whole summer trying to track down a "wedding cake"-flavored snowball whose sugary syrup made the ball of shaved ice taste exactly like store-bought icing. So I was more than intrigued when I wa...

Eli has a made a cute joke this morning. In case you missed the context, at the end of the day yesterday, the City announced that it was suing six contractors it found to have kept insufficient records of a little more than $200,000.00 paid to them through NOAH. (If you need more NOAH context at thi...

At one point or another we’ve all been on the wrong side of a break-up. So why not celebrate it? Every Tuesday for the next few weeks I’ll be highlighting some of my favorite break-up songs in a special Twangville playlist. And its all dedicated to you, ___________ (INSERT NAME HERE). See You Ar...

Detective Dave Robicheaux is trying to link the murder of a local hooker to New Orleans mobster Julie Balboni. But during his investigation Robicheaux is led into a series of surreal encounters with a troop of Confederate soldiers. Genres: Drama, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Thriller and Adaptation; Run...

A commenter responds to Hilzoy. "Going Galt" is the conservative version of "Moving to France." Lots of people talk about it, but no one has the balls to actually do it. Actually that's not quite right. I've had to suffer far more stupid white liberals threatening to to "Move to Canada" than to Fran...

CityBiz: NEW ORLEANS - Corporate Responsibility Officer magazine today named Entergy Corp. one of the top 10 corporate citizens in the United States. Entergy, for the second time in three years, was the highest-ranking utility company on the list. Well goddammit that does it! I am canceling my subsc...

Let's see... whaddawegot this morning? Key witness in murder trial downs whiskey and "sees dead people" Across the state, a "stunningly pink" dolphin appears in Lake Calcasieu Popular Saints player unceremoniously dropped by team on the eve of his wedding day Oh and Ed Blakely is back on the TV lyin...

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...

No matter what stratum of New Orleans society you inhabit, trashing the Times-Picayune seems to be a "done thing." I won't deny that our daily newspaper has pissed me off a time or two (or ten or twenty), but it is an essential part of my morning -- my coffee, my paper, my easing gingerly into the d...