One of the great things about being a parent is throwing a party for your child. One of the most frustrating things about being a parent is throwing a party for your child. That’s where I’ve been lately. Two years ago, it was a pirate birthday for Carter’s 4th. We created some crumpled-up maps that [...]
Perfect Attendance
I don’t get it. I feel like Tom Hanks in the movie Big. I just don’t get it. Stay home if you’re sick, but if you come in sick, we’ll print your name up in the newsletter and congratulate you and call you exemplary. We’ll talk about how you and your parents are “promoting excellence,” [...]
Pipe Dreams and indoor play areas
OK. So it’s a pipe dream. I get that. I imagine liability insurance would be a nightmare and it would be prohibitively expensive. But for the sake of exploration: Our local indoor play paradise has closed. Apparently there’s a note on the door that says, “W-2′s are in the mail,” with no other information. It [...]
What are your hidden superpowers?
Humorscope Superhero Discovery It’s 11:47. Have you seen your sidekick today? Sincerely, Green Lad (currently eating Cheetoes)
Work-In-Progress-in-progress
It was a butt-kickin’ kind of week for me. After working fairly hard on the final two weeks of “vacation,” I knew there was a lot to do this first week of the new semester. The only thing I didn’t get completely done on my to-do list was to hand my PhD application materials to [...]
Am I a girl? … Why, thank you.
- Excuse me, I couldn’t help overhearing your conversation from way up there. I’m going to assume that you haven’t really thought this all through yet and will realize, upon doing so, how cruel you are being through your choice of words. You are quick to call your friend a “girl,” implying that this is a bad thing. That your friend is weak, spineless, overly emotional, or whatever macho-deficient quality you find off-putting. To fully understand how awful that sounds to the majority of people, try substituing some other derrogatory words, like “fag” or “nigger.”
The Best Radio Station. Ever.
Katrina hit WWOZ hard, sending them into exile (“Endangered Culture”). The station got back into town, though, in December and are taking steps to return to their place of prominence as the best radio station. Ever. The N.O. community of musicians, led by the Marsalis family, are creating a Musicians’ Village to build homes and [...]