A different perspective

Hubby and I ventured to the Slidell Antique District's biannual streetfair today. Instead of taking pictures of different stands and people, I decided to take pictures of some of the very strange and often weird items for sale. Try to guess which items I labeled "evil". Have fun!

NOTE: Click on pictures for larger versions

Crawfish Cookoff - 2011

We attended the 8th Annual Crawfish Cookoff in Slidell, benefiting the Hospice Foundation for the South.

The weather was more perfect than anyone could have imagined. We were truely blessed between the weather, good friends, good music and GOOD crawfish. Here are the pictures.


We got freebies from these ladies


This lady was gracious enough to let me photograph her really great outfit.
Sorry that I missed the crawfish on the brim of her hat.














My Hubby & Gal Pal Bev


My friend Bev and Me, happy to be alive!!!!



The following are pix taken from our great vantage point close to the stage













This poor girl reminded me of Elaine from Seinfeld. She just could not dance, no matter how hard she tried!!!

Gulf Coast Residents Denied Access To BP Shareholder Meeting

 

 

From: Paul Orr [mailto:paul@lmrk.ccsend.com] On Behalf Of Paul Orr
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 2:12 PM
To: Thorne, Judy D
Subject: Gulf Coast Residents Denied Access To BP Shareholder Meeting

 

Louisiana Environmental Action Network & Lower Mississippi RIVERKEEPER© Helping to Make Louisiana Safe for Future Generations

E-ALERT -  April 14, 2011

read this alert on SaveOurGulf.org GULF COAST RESIDENTS DENIED ACCESS TO BP SHAREHOLDER MEETING   by Renee Blanchard Save Our Gulf Coordinator Waterkeeper Alliance   Just before 6am CST I received a text message from Tracy Kuhns, the Louisiana Bayoukeeper. She and Mike, her husband, along with three other Gulf coast residents traveled to London this week to attend the BP shareholder meeting. The text message stated, "we were denied access to shareholder meeting. We didn't get rowdy we weren't given a reason."   Tracy and Mike live in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. They run a small family fishing business together, raised 6 kids and have 17 grandchildren. They are the frontlines of the BP oil disaster. They have lived for the past year with oil washing up into the canal behind their house, watching their fellow fishermen doused with dispersant while out in the water, participating in the endlessly frustrating Fineberg claims process, and playing by the rules that our government has set up to restore our coast through the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force.   On April 20, 2010, 11 men were killed, 250 million gallons of oil was discharged and 1.8 million gallons of toxic dispersants was released in the environment. BP, Transocean, and Halliburton through a series of bad decisions and lax regulatory and government enforcement, created the largest environmental disaster our country has ever seen.   Tracy, Mike, and Byron (LA Oyster Association President) were all denied access to the BP shareholder meeting. They were given proxies by sympathetic shareholders so that they could confront the executives who made the decisions that led to the oil disaster that has upturned their lives.   Why is BP so scared of Tracy, Mike and Byron?   BP is spending millions on their PR machine. Every day in our local papers there is an ad from BP saying that they are making our communities whole again. TV and radio ads run in cities across the country explaining that the oil is gone, the beaches are clean, and the seafood is safe. But Tracy and Mike know differently. They are still seeing the oil. They are still seeing the health impacts of the toxic cocktail of crude oil and dispersants on their family members and friends.   Tracy and Mike hold the truth of the BP oil disaster, the truth for which BP is unwilling to take full responsibility. That's why BP is so scared.   read this alert on SaveOurGulf.org     Learn More About Us! -LEANWEB.ORG- -LMRK.ORG-

 

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A Good Space Shuttle blog

If you’re a space shuttle fan, I suggest you check out Wayne Hale’s blog at the link below: 

http://waynehale.wordpress.com/

Previously a flight director and space shuttle program manager, Hale served as NASA's Deputy Associate Administrator for Strategic Partnerships prior to his retirement on July 31, 2010.

His blog is full of stories about his time as a flight director and gives some interesting insight in to the inside operations of the Space Transportation System.