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Minor Wisdom 
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A song for Ash Wednesday
Posted on February 25, 2009Here?s a song appropriate for Ash Wednesday: Gotta Serve Somebody, by Bob Dylan. No editorial videolizing?just a straight-ahead live performance.
200th Blawg Review
Posted on February 23, 2009Congratulations are in order for the anonymous editor of Blawg Review, the weekly law-blog carnival, hosted here in January 2007. Today sees the 200th installment, appropriately hosted at Blawg Review?s home base. To keep any web project going for nearly...
Tipitina
Posted on February 22, 2009This morning, my wife and I did our annual Carnival thing, catching the Thoth parade down on the corner. It was a cool, sunshiny day. My face is a bit sunburned, except for the white area protected by my sunglasses.We?re...
It?s Carnival Time
Posted on February 21, 2009The best Carnival song of all time is Carnival Time by Al Johnson. Give it a listen, and read the lyrics.(Hat tip to Mardi Gras Digest, via NOLA-dishu.)The Green room is smoking,and the Plaza burning downThrow my baby out the...
See also Luke 12:34.
Posted on February 19, 2009The Henri Nouwen Society offers a free daily e-mail mediation from Nouwen?s Bread for the Journey. I find today?s installment especially relevant:What is the basis of our security? When we start thinking about that question, we may give many answers:...
The Language Log asks whether this
Posted on February 16, 2009The Language Log asks whether this is the worst pun of all time. What say ye?
Another reason to hate this song
Posted on February 16, 2009The Language Log asks whether this is the worst pun of all time. What say ye?
First Arrow
Posted on February 15, 2009Roy Jacobsen was kind enough to tag my other blog, The (New) Legal Writer, with the Premio Dardo Award, recognizing ?the effort of a particular blogger to transmit cultural, ethical, literary and personal values in his or her writing.? The...
Big Chief
Posted on February 14, 2009Here in New Orleans, Carnival officially started on Twelfth Night, January 6. But this weekend, Carnival kicks into another gear. In the city and suburbs, we had parades last night, we have more parades today, and (weather permitting) we will...
Now that?s more like it.
Posted on February 12, 2009The organizers of the New Orleans Jazz Fest have just announced a most suitable addition to this year?s lineup: Neil Young. According to the Times-Picayune, Neil will play the Acura stage on the last Sunday, May 3, slotted between Allen...
Bread for the wild beasts
Posted on February 09, 2009I was reminded of the Tibetan practice of sky burial when I read this quotation by St. Ignatius of Antioch. First some background. Igniatius was the third bishop of Antioch in Syria (St. Peter was the first). He was martyred...
Bon Jovi?
Posted on February 08, 2009The New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival has released its daily lineups. It?s still too early to plan any particular day at the Jazz Fest, because we don?t yet know any act?s exact time or stage. Nevertheless, realizing that inability...
Jimi Hendrix: Red House
Posted on February 07, 2009People think of Jimi Hendrix as a rock-and-roll guitarist. While he may have been that, he was first and foremost a blues guitarist. Case in point:
Knocking off the rust
Posted on February 07, 2009Taking another step toward reviving my guitar-playing, today I re-strung both my guitars. My acoustic, an Alvarez 5014, now has a new set of Martin SP medium gauge strings. My electric, an Ovation Deacon, has a new set of D?Addario...
Reviving the music (maybe)
Posted on February 03, 2009It had been a long time since I bought myself a toy. So last Sunday, after picking up some home-office supplies at a local Office Max, I went next door to the Guitar Center to see about getting a small...
Staples Singers: Why am I treated so bad
Posted on January 31, 2009For this week?s installment of Saturday Evening Blues, I went digging for something by Mavis Staples, and found this gem by her and her family?Why Am I Treated So Bad, performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1981.
At first, I thought this story was about Sun Myung Moon.
Posted on January 27, 2009Kim Jong Il Announces Plan To Bring Moon To North Korea
Stingrays
Posted on January 27, 2009What you see at left are not autumn leaves blowing in the wind. They?re stingrays on mass migration. The photos were taken by nature photgrapher Sandra Critelli. To see a few more photos in this set, visit Bigpicture?s Posterous. You...
?I love Jesus, but I drink a little.? ?Gladys Hardy
Posted on January 25, 2009Courtesy of my conservative pal Feddie at Southern Appeal, here is New Orleans native Ellen Degeneres on the phone with a lady named Gladys in Austin, Texas. I laughed until I cried; maybe you will too.
Hard time killing floor
Posted on January 24, 2009Here?s an item from my video vault: a 2006 performance of Skip James?s Hard Time Killing Floor by Sonny Landreth and Cindy Cashdollar.
Today?s sign of the Apocalypse is ...
Posted on January 23, 2009... The Ashley Madison Agency. It?s sort of like a dating service, except it?s not for singles?it?s for married people looking for someone to have an affair with. Its proprietor, Noel Biderman, explains what it?s all about in this interview.Noel...
Purpose
Posted on January 21, 2009?God has created me to do Him some definite service; He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission ? I never may know it in this life, but I shall...
A song for the inauguration
Posted on January 17, 2009Here is a music video of Political World. I don?t know where the video was made, but the song and the album it comes from (Oh Mercy) were recorded in New Orleans. I think the guy playing dobro is Daniel...
?Come Together,? acoustic
Posted on January 10, 2009Can John Lennon?s Come Together work as a solo acoustic number? It can, in the hands of Sungha Jung. If you don?t believe that, than watch this.1__________1The video was posted on YouTube on January 31, 2008, four months after his...
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In divorce issues and the children's well being religion doesn't matte...
Enter your questionAlaska's new law states that any parent who causes domestic violence against the other parent or child is not allowed custody. Does Florida have that same law?
Boy, that's a tough one. You may have to resort to small spy cameras to cat...
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Generally, leases only allow a landlord or his agents, in this case, a maintenan...
Under the circumstances that a 17 year old male was with an 18 year old male who possessed cigarretes and had one lit, could the 17 year old male be given a ticket for possession of tobacco without the 18 year old male b
Infractions of the type referred to as "disturbing" are largely open t...
Can I be billed for a hospital bill that occured when i was a minor?
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