Topic: anniversary

Republicans have demonstrated time and again that they'll use all manner of disgusting tactics to get their way. So on this third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, let's take a look back and remind ourselves of just how Matt Wingard used the disaster to try and gain leverage for charter schools: In the summer of 2005, Katrina destroyed most of the New Orleans Public School District...

(Update: I think this clip is from the 1947 movie New Orleans, but I'm not certain. Can anyone verify?) Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday, dedicated to a jewel among American...

For those who have so nicely inquired: should Hurricane Gustav make evacuation seem prudent, I've got plans, a place to stay, a way to get there, the whole nine yards. Thanks.This is also the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina:...

The Thursday Quiz has a lot to celebrate! Saturday, for instance, is its first anniversary! Plus, today is the first day of the COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEASON!!! ...which, per last year's spectacular lack of reader interest, I will not be talking about this year. However, we should at least give the great sport a moment of dignified contemplation: Right, where were we? Oh, right -- the...

An old, old friend got in touch with me today and I sent her the url to the old growblog here. (Later on, L said such a reply is rude. 'Oh, hi. How have you been the last 20 years? Here, read my blog.' Sorry HH.) That made me click on the archive to see what it was I was saying back in the early days. By some cosmic coincidence, today is the 5 year anniversary of this here blog, online...

About an hour after I whined about my fears of Lupron's side effects and not being excited for this round of IVF, my sister (who comments on my blog via email), sent me this note: i just read your last post, and i want to try to comfort you with tales of similar things that i have done without lupron: --gone to sfo when my flight was from oakland --gone to oakland when my flight was from...

I have this problem. For me, it's a small problem. For my husband, dear, sweet, understanding Hockey God, it's a big, big, big, huge, frickin' out-of-control problem. It's all over the table, floor, stacked up in a rack next to the china cabinet. It takes up a ton of room in the recycling bin and is heavy. It makes his brain hurt when we talk about it, when I won't pay attention to him at the...

Zaytoon, a lesbian-owned jazz bar that serves Middle Eastern fusion cuisine, celebrates its third anniversary 9 p.m. Aug. 23 at 2236 N.E. Alberta St. The special guest will be DJ Anjali, who specializes in Bollywood music. Cover is $5....

New post at Fiberly One's new home: Anniversary nightSite.