( The end of the Gustav Saga... for me, anyway )

Arrived in Mobile at 12:30am. Travel time took 13 1/2 hours; two/thirds of that time was spent north on I-59 because some jerkoff running the contraflow in Mississippi decided to completely shut off the I-10 headed east. And MS stopped the contraflow at sunset, forcing all four lanes of traffic moving north into the right northbound lane. Oh, and ( Read more... )

Unless Bob Breck has a more optimistic forecast in the morning, Mom and I will be packing the essentials and driving to a friend's place in Mobile tomorrow. Hopefully that will be far enough from the danger but close enough to get back to town ASAP ( Read more... )

In light of the fifth anniversary of the closing of the Shim Sham Club, I'm sharing a photo of me from that night I recently received from a friend. My dancing partner is the incomparable Miss Laura Izzo; the angle of the pic is due to the fact that we're standing on the four-foot-tall go-go dancer box. I don't know who the dude at the bottom is.


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A bigger post with more photos coming soon.
For now, here's the only pic I have that proves I was there:


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Haven't updated in a while, but I've been doin' plenty of lurkin' 'round these heah parts. Now on to the boredom:

-Work on the house goes on. The upstairs is almost ready to be painted (with the exception of the bathroom, which is still being renovated). Downstairs is coming along nicely. I say this as if I had any part of this, and that's not ( Read more... )

Today in Rotten HistoryMay 7 1915: The ocean liner Lusitania is torpedoed by German submarine U-20 off the coast of Ireland. The ship goes under in just 18 minutes. In their panic, the crew only manages to launch 6 of the 48 lifeboats. As a result 1,201 are killed. Contrary to published reports of the time, the passenger ship was smuggling 3,863 ( Read more... )

-Work on rebuilding my parents' house has been exceptionally active lately. Church groups are still sporadically coming by to do what needs to be done. Right now we've got good-natured Christian spring breakers installing insulation and sheet-rock. The electricity needs a final inspection but it's pretty much complete. The plumbing is 80% done ( ( Read more... )

It's been six months since my dad died ( Read more... )

Ivory Coast's 'big-bottom' craze