Thursday, April 19, 2012

Farewell, Mr. Helm

Levon Helm left us today at the age of 71.

He was awesome.

Here's a link to a short slideshow from the NYT website

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/04/18/arts/20120418HELM.html

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Anderson Cooper

Anderson Cooper loses it during a "Dyngus Day" report. It's priceless


Monday, April 02, 2012

Still Missing Ashley Morris

Four years ago today the NOLA blogsphere lost a very strong voice. Ashley Morris passed away YEARS TOO YOUNG on a trip to Florida. At first I thought it was a late April Fools joke. Then - reading other NOLA blogs - I discovered it was true.

I look back in Thanks Katrina for the collective sadness at the loss of Ashley.
Check this link out to find out how one passionate person changed how people reacted. We still miss you, Ashley.

Here's a link to Ashley's blog with his greatest hits on the left side of the page


Charlotte over at Nolafemmes put a lump in my throat with this post.