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A tip of the hat to Joe Backwards-7. He came all the way from Boise, Idaho to do some massive re-plumbing work on the central post office here in New Orleans. He’s also a long-time fan of the show, and so he took Xy and David and I out for dinner at Tommy’s last night. [...]

A letter in today’s Bloomington Herald-Times:

Stop funds to New Orleans
To the editor:
The mayor of New Orleans will have to wait until the 22nd or 23rd century to reconstruct his city. If he expects his constituency to clean up the mess and rebuild their city, it may take a century or two to get the [...]

They say people are drinking more in New Orleans these days, and I believe it. I’ve certainly been doing my part. I’ve been drinking plenty. I justify this by telling myself I’m stressed out, and that a drink or three will help me relax and temporarily alleviate the anxieties associated with living in a disaster [...]

I thought this was a joke at first, but apparently it’s for real. New Orleans is seeking foreign aid. The mayor says:
France can take Treme. The king of Jordan can take the Lower Ninth Ward.
Has it really come to this?

I made an unpleasant discovery this morning. The rox.com website was down. Looked like a problem with the database. Upon further investigation, I discovered that all the data tables were gone. The database itself was still there, but the thirty-odd data tables which it contained had vanished. Poof. Gone.
I called tech support for our webhost. [...]

I didn’t do so well on the new BibleDudes Quiz…

Xy and I made a little video to mark five months since Katrina. It’s kind of like our own miniature state of the union address.

I watched Bush’s State of the Union address last night. It was the first time I’ve watched this political spectacle in years, I think. I tuned in because I knew he was going to say something about Katrina and the Gulf Coast.
I waited and waited, as he talked about Iraq and Iran and our addiction [...]