B2L2
- The Church May 20, 2012Avoid the occasion of sin, that is, all persons, places and objects usually leading to sin. Be temperate in the use of intoxicants. Abstain from them entirely, if harmful to your soul, your family or others. Be fearless in the performance of all your Christian duties; fear God alone. Practice holy prayer. Receive the sacraments […]John Sheppard
- Exit Ahead May 19, 2012I'm probably 80/20 in favor of tearing down the I-10 overpass above Claiborne Avenue in New Orleans. My only reservation is how that traffic flow would be dispersed over ground level streets in the absence of that section of I-10. But there can be no denying an injustice was done to the Treme neighborhood when Team Eisenhower built that superhighway (ne […]Derek Bridges
- New Year. 2004. May 18, 2012The days have become weeks, and the weeks have counted off the months. It seems that yesterday we lived in suburban madness, commuting hours a day to satisfying but exhausting careers. Then the trip. And it’s as if the old world, the old ways never existed. It is 4:45 a.m. as I write this. New […]Bob Hate
- Displaced May 16, 2012The sky’s so vast here in the Midwest Stretching like a giant rainbow reaching Side to side across the earth. Some days I wonder if I climb up high Could I just see my home from here? But there are no tall trees in the prairie, The highest thing a dormitory. On rainy days droplets […]Kim Pereira
- The Secret Service: Sex, Lies and AAA Batteries, part I May 16, 2012Sigmund Freud would have had a field day over how sex and perversion have spilled out onto the front pages of US media: not only am I referring to Time Magazine’s foray into incest with a cover picture of a skinny-jean clad baby-mama breast feeding her three-year-old toddler, but also to the sexual antics of […]Jimmy Gabacho
King Arthur
Here’s my technique. When I want someone to look at me, I yell their name. It worked yesterday when New Orleans city councilwoman Susan Guidry rolled passed during the King Arthur parade. I yelled at her, possibly loud enough to trigger a pang of fear, for which I apologize:
“Yo, Guidry!”
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