Tuesday, March 20, 2007
what makes NOLA special
Click here to see pictures of the beautiful New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians in full regalia this past Sunday
Thanks to Ashley Morris.
Monday, March 19, 2007
The slow road to recovery
Around this area, recovery spans from non existent to "wow". Here's what we saw over the weekend
Irish Bayou, Louisiana
Coin du Lestin subdivision, Slidell
Coin du Lestin subdivision, Slidell
Slidell VoTech
Carr Drive, Slidell
Laurent Road, Slidell
Bayou Liberty Road, Slidell
Bayou Liberty Road, Slidell
The grounds of St. Genevieve, Slidell
Irish Bayou, Louisiana
Coin du Lestin subdivision, Slidell
Coin du Lestin subdivision, Slidell
Slidell VoTech
Carr Drive, Slidell
Laurent Road, Slidell
Bayou Liberty Road, Slidell
Bayou Liberty Road, Slidell
The grounds of St. Genevieve, Slidell
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Why I love where I live
click on photos for full size versions
Taken at 7:30 a.m. March 17, 2007
Bayou Liberty
Taken at 7:30 a.m. March 17, 2007
Bayou Liberty
Friday, March 16, 2007
A lawyer to love
The NYT has an article on Pascagoula lawyer Richard F. Scruggs who isn't exactly loved by insurance companies.
Mr. Scruggs, 60, slim, often folksy and smooth as molasses in court, is using techniques that he honed in his earlier legal fights. He is arguing now, as he did before to such good effect, that he is fighting for the little guy who cannot stand up alone to big anonymous companies.
“These are not just legal wars,” Mr. Scruggs said in a recent interview. “They are public relations and political wars.”
The insurance companies counter that Mr. Scruggs has portrayed them unfairly and misleadingly.
“Mr. Scruggs has taken a tiny portion of the claims associated with Katrina and tried to paint the entire insurance industry with a brush of malfeasance,” said Robert P. Hartwig, president and chief economist of the Insurance Information Institute. “And that is an entirely incorrect characterization.”
Mr. Scruggs, 60, slim, often folksy and smooth as molasses in court, is using techniques that he honed in his earlier legal fights. He is arguing now, as he did before to such good effect, that he is fighting for the little guy who cannot stand up alone to big anonymous companies.
“These are not just legal wars,” Mr. Scruggs said in a recent interview. “They are public relations and political wars.”
The insurance companies counter that Mr. Scruggs has portrayed them unfairly and misleadingly.
“Mr. Scruggs has taken a tiny portion of the claims associated with Katrina and tried to paint the entire insurance industry with a brush of malfeasance,” said Robert P. Hartwig, president and chief economist of the Insurance Information Institute. “And that is an entirely incorrect characterization.”
random photos
A dumpster lies in the marsh off Carr Drive in Slidell (3-9-2007)
A heron looks for lunch at the Northlake Nature Center in Mandeville. (3-9-2007)
A new house goes up on Bayou Liberty Road (3-9-2007)
The bulkhead construction at the Bayou Liberty Marina is progressing
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Why in the world.......
For all of you people out there who question why in the world would anyone want to live in New Orleans, read Dambala's post and the comments.
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Books in need of a school
Got this in my email tonite:
Dear Judy,
My class (1st. grade) is collecting books to send to an elementary school that was damaged by Hurricane Katrina. We would like to contact a school that is really in need of books for their library or simply classroom teachers that lost their materials.
I am unfamiliar with the area, so I am not sure of the names of the local schools. I keep tring to search the web, but I am not very lucky. I have e-mailed a couple of principals and receive little or no response.
It is very important that we donate to a school that is in real need. My students have worked very hard. They have collected their bonus points all year from our book orders and have purchased the entire set of Junie B. Jones books.
Our project is called Operation Storybook. They even have a motto: Storybooks across the miles. Storybooks for every child. If this goes well I hope to make it a yearly project.
Thank you for your quick response. I hope that you will be able to help us.
Barbara Sovereign
1st. Grade
Barnard Elementary School
Tecumseh, Okla.
Dear Judy,
My class (1st. grade) is collecting books to send to an elementary school that was damaged by Hurricane Katrina. We would like to contact a school that is really in need of books for their library or simply classroom teachers that lost their materials.
I am unfamiliar with the area, so I am not sure of the names of the local schools. I keep tring to search the web, but I am not very lucky. I have e-mailed a couple of principals and receive little or no response.
It is very important that we donate to a school that is in real need. My students have worked very hard. They have collected their bonus points all year from our book orders and have purchased the entire set of Junie B. Jones books.
Our project is called Operation Storybook. They even have a motto: Storybooks across the miles. Storybooks for every child. If this goes well I hope to make it a yearly project.
Thank you for your quick response. I hope that you will be able to help us.
Barbara Sovereign
1st. Grade
Barnard Elementary School
Tecumseh, Okla.
Fresh Scuzzbuckets of the Week
No shortage of scumbags lately, is there?
From today's TP:
Three St. Pat's float riders are arrested
They're accused of hurling beads, insult at black man at parade
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
By Michelle Hunter
Three white riders in the Metairie St. Patrick's Day parade were pulled from a float and arrested Sunday after they were accused of hurling packs of beads and a racial slur at an African-American in the crowd, hitting him and others -- including a baby -- in the head, according to a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office arrest report.
Brandon Burke, 19, and Thomas Doussan, 18, both of Metairie, and Colby Painter, 19, of Kenner, were each booked with three counts of aggravated battery, according to Col. John Fortunato, spokesman for the Sheriff's Office.
Injured were a 27-year-old black man who had swelling around the middle of his face, an 11-year-old white boy whose face was visibly reddened, a 25-year-old white woman who had bruising and swelling around her left eye, and an infant whose injuries were not available Monday, according to Fortunato.
Allegedly, the 27 year old threw a beer can into the float when he didn't get a stuffed animal for his daughter.
What a bunch of idiots.
From today's TP:
Three St. Pat's float riders are arrested
They're accused of hurling beads, insult at black man at parade
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
By Michelle Hunter
Three white riders in the Metairie St. Patrick's Day parade were pulled from a float and arrested Sunday after they were accused of hurling packs of beads and a racial slur at an African-American in the crowd, hitting him and others -- including a baby -- in the head, according to a Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office arrest report.
Brandon Burke, 19, and Thomas Doussan, 18, both of Metairie, and Colby Painter, 19, of Kenner, were each booked with three counts of aggravated battery, according to Col. John Fortunato, spokesman for the Sheriff's Office.
Injured were a 27-year-old black man who had swelling around the middle of his face, an 11-year-old white boy whose face was visibly reddened, a 25-year-old white woman who had bruising and swelling around her left eye, and an infant whose injuries were not available Monday, according to Fortunato.
Allegedly, the 27 year old threw a beer can into the float when he didn't get a stuffed animal for his daughter.
What a bunch of idiots.
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