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Flood & Loathing: That Voodoo That You Do
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Hard Times in the Big Easy. Monday, March 05, 2007. That Voodoo That You Do. Okay, listen, I’m sorry! I’m really, really sorry. I don’t know what it was that I did to you, but whatever it was, I take it back. I’ll make up for it however I can. If you’re the person who put a curse on me, whoever you are, I’ll make it right. Just take the curse off, please. I buy a house, renovate it, and it floods a month later before I can even move in, destroying all my books and most other possessions with it. Neverthe...
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Flood & Loathing: And Here It Is!
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Hard Times in the Big Easy. Thursday, January 04, 2007. And Here It Is! My house or, as Gav calls it, Caligula's Palace. Here's where you'll be drinking. But more importanty, the bathroom chandelier! A purple-walled office . And a bedroom closet! Yes, it will have doors soon.). Well, that's truly beautiful, Dale. 1/6/07, 1:11 AM. Congratulations, honey. That's a fab house! It's so you - - I love it! 1/6/07, 10:18 AM. 1/6/07, 1:09 PM. 1/6/07, 7:47 PM. All the women love my house - I done good. Back to New...
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Flood & Loathing: October 2006
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Hard Times in the Big Easy. Wednesday, October 18, 2006. Julie's Pics, or I'm A Big Lazy Butt. Links to this post. Monday, October 02, 2006. Published a (very positive) review. Of the latest issue of the New Orleans Review. Links to this post. A year ago today I got home. We had to kick in the doors because they were all swollen shut and, after five weeks of trying to figure out just how bad the flooding was from blurry satellite photos – “Is that a hole in the roof, or just missing shingles? The NO....
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Flood & Loathing: September 2006
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Hard Times in the Big Easy. Wednesday, September 13, 2006. Anniversary Wine and Air-Conditioning. In the meantime, I spent all my time on the phone talking to FEMA, Loyola, two different mortgage companies, two different insurance companies, and various credit cards and banks, all in an effort to get my little life in order. When not doing that, I sat on the phone with whiskey in hand, tracking down friends. To Katrina, floods, and governmental incompetence. Two bottles down, one to go. Links to this post.
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Flood & Loathing: Stepping Over Lamp Posts
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Hard Times in the Big Easy. Wednesday, January 03, 2007. Stepping Over Lamp Posts. Now, while I had no reason to doubt Gav, my fears were deepened when the inspector showed up because he said the exact same thing. Yep, the city inspector said Entergy would lie to me and I would have to spend days on the phone with them, trying to make them find the permit he had faxed over days ago. Needless to say, this didn't bode well. I have a permit! I cried. "Right here in my hand.". I AM MOVING INTO MY HOUSE!
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Flood & Loathing: January 2007
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Hard Times in the Big Easy. Thursday, January 04, 2007. And Here It Is! My house or, as Gav calls it, Caligula's Palace. Here's where you'll be drinking. But more importanty, the bathroom chandelier! A purple-walled office . And a bedroom closet! Yes, it will have doors soon.). Links to this post. Wednesday, January 03, 2007. Stepping Over Lamp Posts. Now, while I had no reason to doubt Gav, my fears were deepened when the inspector showed up because he said the exact same thing. I have a permit! Of cour...
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Flood & Loathing: July 2006
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Hard Times in the Big Easy. Thursday, July 27, 2006. F&L on the Radio. UPDATE: Because time ran out today (those chatty Rollergirls! I'll be on next Saturday, somewhere between 8 and 10. I know, I know - I'm going to have to set my alarm, too. Because I know you are all dying to hear the dulcet tones of my voice. Schroeder over at People Get Ready. Got in touch with me the other day about putting my post "Should I Stay or Should I Go? Somebody wanting me to read something I wrote? Called, appropriately e...
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Flood & Loathing: August 2006
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Hard Times in the Big Easy. Tuesday, August 29, 2006. We Are Not OK. Links to this post. Monday, August 28, 2006. My Last Normal Days. Still, I thought I’d go back over a year ago and try to remember those last normal days pre-K, maybe to recall what normal was, maybe to understand a little how and why things happened like they did. Links to this post. Monday, August 14, 2006. Incumbents Don't Need No Stinkin' Democracy. If you're an incumbent, your chance of getting re-elected is better than 99%. Co...
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Flood & Loathing: June 2006
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Hard Times in the Big Easy. Wednesday, June 28, 2006. Nine Months, One Week, and Four Days Later . 8230; I got my insurance money. I mentioned in the last post that my blue roof is among the many in New Orleans that are, officially, gone. The roof was the first thing to get fixed because fixing anything else only to get it leaked on really sort of defeats the point. For all this time, the first question most everyone asked me whenever we spoke was, “How’s the house? Wall At least that’s how they di...
