The Independent ran a story today on Germany's MaxPlanckForschung using a Cantonese brothel ad -- which it supposedly ran by a German Sinologist -- on the cover of a report on China ( Read more... )

Sertrel sent me this bit of obviousness this morning.

I'd be interested in seeing the results for St. James Parish (from which my mother's family hails), as it is notorious for its residents' lack of mobility. (I consulted ACS's survey -- St. James was missing, as were St. John the Baptist, Assumption, and many others.)

Moving out of stateLouisiana ( Read more... )

And it seems that Landrieu's going to make it as well. Fingers crossed!!

(OMG FLORIDA!)

According to the Audubon Nature Institute, Mr. Green Genes will be on The Today Show on Thursday, October 23, during the 7:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m. segment.

Glowing cat may shed light on disease-fighting strategy
by John Pope
Monday October 20, 2008, 10:40 AMEveryone knows that cats can see in the dark, but that wasn't good enough for some New Orleans ( Read more... )

tartarisaws just informed me that he had never heard Erykah Badu's "Call Tyrone", which is just all kinds of wrong.

In case you too have not:

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From Foreign Policy:

New Orleans, United States

Population: 220,614 to 312,000 (2007); estimates vary due to displacement of people after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Murder rate: Estimates range from 67 (New Orleans Police Department) to 95 (Federal Bureau of Investigation) per 100,000

What’s happening: With its grinding poverty, an inadequate ( Read more... )

I hadn't been to the CODOFIL page in so long, I didn't know that they now have a Creole version! (There's also a Cajun version, but that's totally not as awesome.)

Louisiana's District 81, which is basically Old Metairie, is amongst the richest, most conservative, and most evil districts in all of Louisiana. Need proof? Their latest State Rep, John LaBruzzo, wants to sterilize the poor. Sound familiar? Yes, Louisiana's prided Klansman and former District 81 State Representative David Duke proposed something ( Read more... )

Someone on neworleans asked about the early 90s NOLA rap Marrero. While I did vaguely remember that one (enough to have found it on YouTube, at least), the one I recall the easiest is DJ Jubilee's crazy-long "Do the Jubilee All":

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I think that my sister played this single at least 10 times a day when it was released.

1825 Tulane has far too many songs ( Read more... )

From NOLA.com:

On the scene: Water coming over Industrial Canal floodwall
by The Times-Picayune
Monday September 01, 2008, 10:07 AM


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