I'm sinking into despair. The oil disaster was already enough to make me do so. Then, yesterday, I heard some other horribly disheartening news -- not personal, just some shit I can't stand to talk about. I went back to bed Sunday afternoon thinking I'd take a nap. Instead I slept all day and all night. It was like being in suspended animation; I ( Read more... )

Outgoing mayor C. Ray Nagin would like the citizens of New Orleans to know that he is sick of us, we can kiss his chocolate buttocks, and if we bug him after he's out of office, HE WILL TASE OUR ASSES.

This is all verbatim from the article, and unfortunately the article is not from The Onion.

Preach it, Arnie!I've liked this guy since, as executive VP of the Saints in 2006, he fought Tom Benson to keep the team in New Orleans. (Benson was talking a lot of crap about moving to San Antonio post-K. He didn't move the team, but he did fire Fielkow for speaking out against the idea.) I sent him a nice e-mail about this column today and he ( Read more... )

Going to get my crazy pills adjusted today. I've actually tried to stop using the word "crazy" on Twitter because I know there are people on my tweetstream who feel it is an "ableist" word and are hurt by it. I may or may not agree -- I consider myself fairly crazy at this point, and the word doesn't particularly hurt or offend me; nor does the ( Read more... )

Now that they print the text of Obama's school speech in the paper, I see he is offering pernicious advice to America's youth after all:

"Maybe you could be a good writer -- maybe even good enough to write a book ... "

Don't do it, kiddies. Save yourselves now, while you still can.

In all seriousness, love of Obama, and approval of kids staying in ( Read more... )

I always thought the people who had "THANKS, HOUSTON" bumper stickers* on their cars after the federal levee failure were racist assholes, and I still do, but today I just have to say:

THANKS, CHINA

*as in, "Thanks for taking black people out of New Orleans"

It's appalling what some people will call a parade. What, two floats that looked like ass and didn't even throw anything? They could have had awesome long beads with flashing Bill of Rights medallions, Obama doubloons, plush Baracks, Michelles, Sashas and Malias ... big beautiful floats with Henri Schindler tropical-blossom fantasies or Blaine Kern ( Read more... )

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1. A dream a couple of months ago. He kept following me around going "Hi! HI! Hi!! HI!! Hi!!! HI!!!" in this booming voice, and would not leave me alone. It was scary ( Read more... )

I don't belong to any political party and generally vote for specific issues rather than along party lines, but still, I'm pretty sure this is the first time I've ever voted for a Republican. We look ridiculous enough with Nagin talking in tongues; we don't need to send Dollar Bill back to Congress ( Read more... )