News
12.4.2008/11:47
We're Number ONE!
"Louisiana has displaced Mississippi as the unhealthiest U.S. state."

News
12.4.2008/09:10
Touch, click, touch, click
"SquareConnect chief executive Mat Henshall said that the company can turn the four-inch display of the iPhone into a virtual remote control for any consumer electronics gadget that ordinarily requires a separate remote."

Sites
12.3.2008/09:19
Dance, dance, dance!
Today we launched a new web site for my friend Rebecca Landry, who has Gerami Academy. It was particularly fun to construct, as there were tons of videos and great photos of the dancing.

News
11.28.2008/08:41
Underground sale
Tunnel vision.

News
11.25.2008/11:25
So many, so few
"I was at the event when the camp closed, which was a sad day - so hopefully something could come of this."

Sites
11.25.2008/11:23
Be thankful
"What are the Health-Promoting Properties of Cranberries?"

News
11.20.2008/12:41
Paperless magazine
"Ziff Davis Media announced Wednesday that it was ending print publication of its 27-year-old flagship, PC Magazine, and would take the title online only."

News
11.15.2008/10:37
Blues tube
"Unhappy people watch TV, happy people read/socialize."

Sites
11.10.2008/09:26
Eat me
Kenny Shopsin's banana guacamole.

News
11.7.2008/14:53
Electric axman
Guitar hero.

Sites
11.6.2008/21:05
Old, old version
Photoshop. I stared and stared at this today!

News
11.6.2008/20:59
Running wild
Fox bites jogger can be news.

News
11.3.2008/17:43
Grounded
"Each tablet of Airborne contains 5,000 international units of pre-formed vitamin A. The current recommended dietary allowance for vitamin A is only 2,333 IU. At higher daily levels, vitamin A can promote osteoporosis."

News
11.3.2008/10:40
Wide range
Yma Sumac, R.I.P.

News
10.30.2008/10:17
Crying wolf
"Environmentalists said the changes are inadequate because wolves can still be shot on sight in most of the state."

Sites
10.29.2008/22:32
LOST 2009
LOST 2009 trailer.

News
10.28.2008/13:33
Paperless office
"We have the luxury — the opportunity — of making a leap that most newspapers will have to make in the next five years."

Sites
10.27.2008/10:22
Feel the love
Sites That Are What Their URLs Say They Are Dept.:
ihatemyiphone.com

See also:
ihatemywork.net

Drivel
10.25.2008/08:26
Mail reaction
I wonder if some folks who are accustomed to licking their stamps involuntarily salivate at the sight of envelopes with no postage on them.

Photos
10.23.2008/15:27
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Our Lady of the Ghouls
New Iberia, LA.

Drivel
10.23.2008/13:54
Happy Birthday, 12 Across
Ned Rorem is 85 today. Happy Birthday, Ned, from music lovers and crossword puzzle lovers!

News
10.23.2008/08:05
Gritty in the city
Street lit.

Sites
10.22.2008/18:47
Plant science
Nature Overtakes Structure.

News
10.22.2008/17:47
Yummy!
Spider eats bird. Now, that's news!

News
10.21.2008/07:55
Munch!
Woman bites fiance.

News
10.21.2008/04:33
Zzzzzz
Get more sleep.

News
10.20.2008/19:08
And yeti continues...
Crytpozoological footprints in the news.

News
10.20.2008/19:05
Dino-might!
"Some of the footprints — once thought to be potholes formed by erosion — measure 16 inches across and have three toes and a heel."

News
10.20.2008/12:36
Up in the sky...
"The order came to fire a salvo of rockets at the UFO."

Sites
10.14.2008/19:45
Plus ca change
New York, then and now.

Photos
10.13.2008/10:43
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Zydeco! World Premiere
World Premiere of choreographer Elisa Monte's Zydeco!, commissioned by Performing Arts Society of Acadiana (PASA), and presented for the first time at Heymann Performing Arts Center in Lafayette, LA, on Oct. 11, 2008. The piece was performed by the Elisa Monte Dance Company, and featured projected images as well as live music by Jeffery Broussard and the Creole Cowboys (in the orchestra pit, and seen here in the foreground), to a score by Jonno Frishberg.

Photos
10.13.2008/10:41
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Zydeco! Student Performance
Elisa Monte Dance Company provides a special daytime performance for students, including the newly commissioned Zydeco!, under the aegis of Performing Arts Society of Acadiana (PASA) in Lafayette, LA.

Photos
10.13.2008/10:37
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Notes at Rehearsal
Choreographer Elisa Monte takes rehearsal notes in preparation for the Oct. 11, 2008 world premiere of her new Zydeco! piece commissioned by the Performing Arts Society of Acadiana (PASA) in Lafayette, LA.

News
10.12.2008/12:42
Lost treasures
Say, whatever happened to those trillions of dollars we thought we had?

News
10.8.2008/20:35
Yosemite rock slide!
"Tents were crushed, trees were knocked down, hard cabins were moved out of their positions, with boulders blocking their doorway."

Photos
10.4.2008/09:57
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Garden Project
Teachers, students and volunteers gathered on Oct. 4, 2008 to create a school garden as part of a New Iberia Optimist Club project at Sugarland Elementary School in New Iberia, LA.

Sites
09.28.2008/11:20
RIP
Scrabble tombstone.

News
09.27.2008/10:14
Makeup magic!
"It was also suggested haemorrhoid cream under the eyes gets rid of dark circles and bags."

Photos
09.27.2008/08:53
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King Sucrose Tractor
Reigning King Sucrose of the Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival in New Iberia, LA, marks his Country Club Drive home with 40s-era tractor and farmer effigy.

Sites
09.27.2008/08:45
Calming effect
Here is some helpful info on show pig paste.

Drivel
09.21.2008/10:20
Fish story?
Reported last night at a dinner party as having been overheard amongst the daily announcements at a re-convening school in recently Ike-flooded Delcambre, LA.: "Don't pick up the dead fish on the playground."

Sites
09.19.2008/10:02
Barry mail
Barack Obama's inbox hacked!.

News
09.18.2008/21:33
Reef life
"People have been working at these places for a long time and still there are literally hundreds and hundreds of new species that no one has ever collected or described."

News
09.17.2008/13:52
Rally round the flag
"Previous attempts to choose a flag for the county lacked support, but it grew with the 2012 Olympics sailing events being held in Weymouth and Portland."

Sites
09.17.2008/13:50
Post-storm
Take a look at what Hurricane Gustav did to Grand Isle, LA.

Sites
09.8.2008/08:51
Where the money goes
Spend way too much money on... stuff? You may live in the United States!

Drivel
09.6.2008/09:22
Stormy Weather
Gustav has just left. Ike threatens. What's not to like?

12 not-so-bad things about having back-to-back hurricanes:

1. You won't lose much in the way of frozen food, since you just threw out all the things that rotted in your freezer a couple of days ago.

2. This time, you won't have to worry about that big limb that just fell on your patio.

3. Really, the refrigerator hasn't looked this clean in years, and it looks like it will stay that way for longer than you thought.

4. Now that you finally found all the flashlights and candles, you'll be able to use them some more.

5. All those batteries you were lugging in from the store when your electicity came back on are now suddenly useful again!

6. You have even more time to re-schedule all the meetings that were set for last week and this week.

7. You might actually get to eat that second can of corned beef hash which you would never, never eat in any other conditions.

8. All those people you just did favors for know it's their turn.

9. You will get to use every last one of the t-shirts you saved for dirty tasks like yard cleanup.

10. It's a crisis! It is OKAY to eat potato sticks right from the can!

11. The awning is already down.

12. No use putting yourself out cleaning up that last corner of the yard... yet!

News
09.5.2008/06:38
Disaster inflation
"The storms themselves haven't changed."

Drivel
09.4.2008/09:16
Putting the gust in Gustav
We are with power, etc. after the passage of Hurricane Gustav, although just across the street our neighbors have been without electricity for four days. We are doing laundry for, delivering ice to and serving an occasional meal for a few that we know still without juice. But, all in all, we are just fine and things are getting back to normal. I have not included any photos because they would look just like the ones I posted for Hurricane Lili six years ago. You know, some downed limbs, a dramatic shot or two from the most unfortunate of tree falls, something about the power being out, and then something about things being more back to normal. The ones from 2002 can serve just as well.

Drivel
09.1.2008/10:38
Gustav
For the first time ever, I have left home during a hurricane. There is a mandatory evacuation order in Iberia Parish where I live, so we went 20 miles inland to Lafayette to stay with friends. As I write, Gustav has just come ashore near Cocodrie, LA. It should move right over New Iberia, but as a much weaker storm than many we have endured. We're hoping to return to only the usual post-storm cleanup of downed limbs, etc.

News
08.30.2008/15:09
Dark nights
Save the fireflies.

Photos
08.30.2008/12:03
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Brooklyn Heatherdale
At the Dundas Plowing Match & Agricultural Fair, Prince Edward Island.

Photos
08.30.2008/12:03
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Wiley Coyote I
West Point, Prince Edward Island.

Photos
08.30.2008/12:02
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View from the Lighthouse
West Point Lighthouse, PEI.

Photos
08.30.2008/12:01
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Two Canoes at Bay Fortune
Prince Edward Island.

Photos
08.30.2008/11:59
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The Lighthouse She Chose
Susan glows with pride for having found us accommodations at the West Point Lighthouse on Prince Edward Island, where I slept to the sounds of the sussurations of the sea.

Photos
08.25.2008/19:33
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Grain Field
Near Bay Fortune, PEI.

Photos
08.25.2008/19:31
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PEI Turbines
Near West Point, PEI.

Photos
08.25.2008/19:29
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Taking Care of the Plane
Miscouche, PEI.

Photos
08.25.2008/19:25
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Mussels
Mussel stockings at St. Peters, Prince Edward Island.

Photos
08.25.2008/19:20
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Shaded Lane
New Harmony Road, Eastern Prince Edward Island.

Photos
08.25.2008/19:19
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Fish Market
Eastern Prince Edwards Island.

Photos
08.25.2008/19:19
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Spud bank
Potato farming, Prince Edward Island.

Photos
08.25.2008/19:13
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Ladies Plowing Competition
At the Plowing Match and Agricultural Fair in Dundas, Prince Edward Island.

Photos
08.25.2008/19:12
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Competitive Plowing
At the Plowing Match and Agricultural Fair in Dundas, Prince Edward Island.

Photos
08.25.2008/19:08
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A Belgian in Dundas
At the Plowing Match and Agricultural Fair in Dundas, Prince Edward Island.

Photos
08.25.2008/19:07
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Ferry Railings
Nova Scotia - Prince Edward Island ferry service.

Photos
08.25.2008/19:05
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A Kayaker Videos the Passing Ferry
Near Caribou, NS.

Drivel
08.23.2008/20:12
Biden, His Time?
Joe Biden. How ordinary.

Photos
08.23.2008/20:08
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Absolutely No Diving
Taylor Creek, Beaufort, NC.

Photos
08.23.2008/20:06
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Good Reading Porch
Our friend Rebecca enjoys her book in Beaufort, NC.

Photos
08.23.2008/20:05
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Ferry Window
Susan on the ferry from Bar Harbor, ME to Yarmouth, NS.

Photos
08.23.2008/20:04
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The Art of Paper
Lenox, MA.

News
08.11.2008/14:06
Eat me
Kenny Shopsin has written a book.

Sites
08.11.2008/10:42
1938
The Diaries of George Orwell published in real time -70 years.

News
08.10.2008/11:56
Down
Fallen arch in the news.

Drivel
08.10.2008/11:46
Bugged phone
For our entomologist friends, can someone please invent Crawler ID for the iPhone?

News
08.8.2008/21:40
Bite me
Rabid vampire bats in the news.

News
08.4.2008/13:36
Sleep well!
"The carrier has done away with the recycled blankets and pillows used on its flights, and has started offering an 'eco-friendly' travel blanket and pillow that can be purchased for $7 on flights longer than two hours."

Drivel
08.3.2008/20:25
Good PR
The National Poultry Board has set as its public relations focus an intense campaign to get product placement in Hollywood movies. The rallying cry for the group is, "A chicken in every plot!"

Sites
08.2.2008/20:31
Aged blonde
Internet promotions can linger on as cyber-litter years later.

Sites
07.28.2008/21:01
Meta-Museum
There is something mesmerizing about this collection of photos from the American Museum of Natural History.

News
07.28.2008/11:41
Performing Arts
"Murphy noted that the club has a gallery selling collectible posters and other art, and it provides patrons with sketch pads."

News
07.25.2008/13:57
Light news
"Finally, we have the right instruments in the right place at the right time, and it's allowed scientists to be able to make the necessary observations to settle this heated debate once and for all."

Sites
07.23.2008/20:16
Personal trainer
I've lately been using some of the online training available at lynda.com, and boy, is it good.

News
07.23.2008/20:14
Don't call me, I'll call you
"The question is do you want to play Russian roulette with your brain."

News
07.23.2008/11:22
Bag it
"The second-largest US city behind New York, Los Angeles, with its four million population, will ban plastic bagging in all supermarkets, grocery and retail stores."

News
07.22.2008/09:09
Blow wind blow
What's old is new again: Windmills in the Netherlands.

News
07.20.2008/10:33
Wealthy nation
Zimbabwe is rapidly becoming a nation of trillionaires.

Photos
07.18.2008/14:20
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Crabbing Under the Clouds
Our friend Jackie shows admirable crab-string-pulling form at Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge, Cameron Parish, LA.

Photos
07.18.2008/14:19
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