Jim Henderson, sports writer at WWL-TV in New Orleans. Of all the journalists I've grown up listening to/reading, he's by far my favorite. He wrote this today ( Read more... )

"John Lyons Jr. has decided not to pursue his lawsuit against a Broadmoor man who said he rescued more than 200 residents from post-Katrina floodwaters after commandeering Lyons' boat ( Read more... )

Scary thought of the month: I was perusing iTunes today when I came across One Hit Wonders of the 90's. Slap to the face, that's what it was. These were all songs I/we grew up to, singing to along with the radio or my walkman. Yeah, I had a walkman ( Read more... )

As of yesterday at approximately 4 p.m., the residents of the best apartment in Oxford (ahem, that'd be us) hereby decreed Friday to be FUNDAY. Our first choice was Fraterday, in honor of our Greek pals, but we swiftly ditched that idea ( Read more... )

I'm back.

"Square one, my slate is clear.
Rest your head on me, my dear.
It took a world of trouble, took a world of tears,
Took a long time...to get back here..."
-Tom Petty

You won't be interesting in the following because it's about cameras ( Read more... )

Man, if I actually had ADD, I'd be in serious...ooh, crackers, yum.

I was born with one leg in the water. But I think I'm well out of practice because after a day on the water, I'm still rocking. I haven't had that much fun in a while though. Slept in the rain, swam in the dark, jumped off a 30 ft. cliff, rode a knee-board, basically was a little kid on the water for a day - that's me. It was 24 hours of firsts ( Read more... )

My 10 a.m. english class was canceled this morning. Great, right? Well yeah, I just wish the instructor would utilize e-mail to inform us all. So I can sleep late, right? Actually, I was at the tire repair shop at 8:30 a.m., and I would not have had to drag Tom from his slumber to pick me up for the class I didn't have. I probably sound angry ( Read more... )

I just got poked by Socrates Johnson and Bob "Ghengis" Kahn. Gotta love that Facebook ( Read more... )