I”m not one to do the whole “meme thing”, but seeing TYB”s Four Things rundown, I at least want to toss in the most amusing set of four from The Cap”n”s life: Four jobs you have had: – Crawfish boiler – Chemical plant worker – Weekend AM radio DJ – Beekeeper”s assistant I could go [...]
Archive for the ‘Louisiana’ Category
Come fall in love with Louisiana all over again
March 7th, 2006
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The state of Louisiana has launched a new ad campaign to promote tourism in the post-Katrina world. Unfortunately, the state has no money (well, they have $7 million, which is essentially no money in advertising terms) to really market New Orleans and the rest of Louisiana right now, so The Wisdom is pitching in by [...]
Lie. Cheat. Steal.
February 25th, 2006
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I don”t know how Mardi Gras will end up shaking out for New Orleans this year – hopefully it”ll hit the reduced expectations and show tourism to be viable down there again – but the season ending at the six-month mark after Katrina makes it a good time to think about the city moving from [...]
Sugar Bowl bound …
January 2nd, 2004
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Well, not until Saturday morning. But there won”t be another blogging opportunity before TCL and I head out in the early a.m. It”s not possible to overstate how big this weekend is for LSU and Louisiana. Our first crack at a national championship in 45 years, and we get that chance at the Sugar Bowl [...]
The Pre-Christmas Christmas
December 22nd, 2003
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Considering the wife and I spent a total of just 41 hours in Louisiana this weekend for Cap”n Ken”s Bizarre Family Pre-Christmas Christmas celebration, it was an eventful time. The highlights: • The adoptive mother of my niece – who my middle sister gave up for adoption 21 years ago and rediscovered a couple of [...]
Nice to meet you, "Steve
September 26th, 2003
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For about a year and a half, women in Baton Rouge, La., lived in desperate fear of a serial killer. Six women were plucked from their homes, raped and murdered between Sept. 2001 and March 2003. The fear that gripped the city was unreal. My sister, who lives about a quarter-mile from the scene of [...]
Sportsman’s Paradise
August 8th, 2003
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The phrase “it”s a nice place to visit, but I wouldn”t want to live there” was created for Louisiana. I”m an expert on this topic, having spent 46.7% of my time on this Earth living there (my native state, Georgia, has claimed 36.8% of my resident days, Alabama 13.7% and Tennessee 2.7%). I actually love [...]
