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  • New Orleans strip joint wants to get back to work

    Big Daddy’s general manager, Saint Jones, and a band of helpers defied an evacuation order by arriving to clean up their premises in the historic French Quarter, which escaped largely unscathed from the floods.

    There you go! That’s the New Orleans I know! Not saying I know the strip club side because I don’t. Saying, New Orleans doesn’t quit.

    He was already had electricity from a generator, which was moving a pair of robotic woman’s legs, in stockings and pink high heels, waving invitingly on the street by the sign for Big Daddy’s.

    Those used to be real legs until one day the girl accidentally fell off the swing onto the sidewalk. I recall walking past the joint one day in my early teens. My brother, a friend of mine and my father walked with me. As you came in line with the door you could see a mirror hanging from the ceiling at a 45 degree angle so that you could clearly see the backside of a fully naked woman. As we all stared my father deterred our interest by asking, "Boys. Did it ever occur to you that that might not be a woman?" We quickly turned our heads.

  • Not something you see everyday

    Not something you see everyday

  • Of Grasshoppers

    Student: I am failing to live to my own standards.
    Master: You have standards?

  • Revelry

    Time to wake the doughnuts.

  • Kids…Mess with their heads

    So we rearranged on room of the house in accidental Feng-shui. The kids returned home with the following responses:
    Tommy: "I like it. I can sit on the couch and see my bus in the morning." Note. He always sits on the couch and watches for the bus.
    Noah: "I like it. There are many paths around the house now."
    Sarah: Stepped in the house. Spun around like she was in the wrong place. And stepped out without a word.
    Amy: Slight concern in her voice. "Dad. Whatcha doing?"

  • I haven’t even run out of weed yet

    Jacob Sullum sums up a New York Times article on New Orleans residents that do not want to leave.

    Ms. Harris said she did not want to leave. "I haven’t even run out of weed yet," she said. [Source, Reason, High Ground in New Orleans Note: The New York Times article does not reference weed. Perhaps this was a little creative writing on Jacob Sullum‘s part.]

    Frankly I’m appauled that they are confiscating weapons from people that have the legal right to bear those arms. I also recognize with what ease the military could eliminate these people.

    "oh, we found his body in the backyard. Looks like a looter shot him."
    "She drowned."
    "Sorry, the body has not been recovered."
    "You know. There were 4 of us with M16s and he went berzerk and started firing on us. We had to defend ourselves."

    Still, to confiscate someone’s grandfathers side arm that he had in WWII or something similar … well, it doesn’t even have to have a history..this is just wrong.

  • Mayor Nagin advises on the extent of the damage 08/29/05

    I’ve been keeping this video open in a browser since the 29th because to hear Mayor Nagin speak of the damage awes me every time I hear it. Time to close that browser window and let it rest.

  • Katrina Timeline

    For those still following Katrina, I found an excellent summary of the timeline of events.

  • Katrina was man made

    According to this evidence Katrina was sent by the Russians (yes, yes…I know) and we should expect another man made weather attack soon.

    It has been established that the former Soviet Union (fSU) developed and boasted of weather modification technology during the 1960’s and 70’s with deployment against the United States coming in 1976 with the audible arrival of the woodpecker grid. These weather operations continue to this day.

  • See the film

    Cathy thinks that today is a good day for all your RSS readers to slip over to the site and see the webcam.

  • Well that explains it!

    I’m PD’d. I interviewed for a job at a family oriented company that I would have loved at a salary range that was exactly what I want complete with great benefits and flexible hours. Although I overtalked (I was nervous as all get out), the interview went well and everyone thought I’d be great to work with. My technical skills were without question. My experience perfect. Then they dropped Caliper on me. With a deadline to pick a child up from school I had to answer 145 questions to reveal my innermost secrets of which I’ll never learn myself. As the clock ticked and I deeply pondered each question I felt the urge to just mark C for every answer.

    In the end, they were disappointed to decline me the position. "Had it not been for the test, you would have had an offer already." They were unable to tell me about the test other than "your analytical skills are without question."

    I am still pondering my reaction to this. Of course, that action is likely to validate the results. For instance, one thought: grab my camping gear, a bottle of scotch and head of the backcountry for a weekend of introspection. But goodness no, to verbalize such a thought is certainly to draw out the innermost psychologist in everyone. Fire away! 🙂

    Cathy prompted with a human metrics test producing these results:

    Your Type is
    ENTJ
    Extroverted Intuitive Thinking Judging
    Strength of the preferences %
    56 75 1 11

    And 4degreez pd test producing:

    Paranoid: Low
    Schizoid: Low
    Schizotypal: Moderate
    Antisocial: Low
    Borderline: Moderate
    Histrionic: High
    Narcissistic: Moderate
    Avoidant: Low
    Dependent: Moderate
    Obsessive-Compulsive: High

    There you have it. Histrionic, Obsessive-Compulsive. I guess that means I have to become hyperfocused on this as an issue and tell everyone I see about it.

  • How’s your stress?

    I’m so stressed that my teeth hurt.

  • New west hills east bound exit is nice. Includes a…

    New west hills east bound exit is nice. Includes access to the backside of the restaurants.

  • Damned Albatross

    Now more hardware is dying! My foundations are crumbling.