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Tin Can Trailer Trash

• Mother's Day 2008

  Today we had my mother-in-law and brother-in-law over for a late barbecue. The filets wrapped in bacon were great. She selected the meat and did the grilling.
  
  I was reduced to preparing the salad, steaming the broccoli, making the bernaise sauce and preparing desert.
  
  I particularly liked the [...]
  
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  Posted: May 12, 2008, 12:36am Eastern Daylight Time by mominem

Moldy City

• Not worth the effort

  I intended to do a detailed critique of Picayune's midterm evaluation of Nagin's second term, but why should I put more effort into critiquing a story than the reports put into research and writing it? Don't let the length fool you, I'm sure that most people that attended college, [...]
  
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  Posted: May 12, 2008, 12:17am Eastern Daylight Time by bayoustjohndavid

Your Right Hand Thief

• Assessing Nagin

  First, some selections from the T-P's front page article assessing Mayor Nagin at the midpoint of his second term:
  
  

  Having dubbed 2008 the "tipping point" for New Orleans' recovery, Nagin and his administration seem to be slogging through high political weeds, buoyed by splashes of good news -- [...]

  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 11:54pm Eastern Daylight Time

Home of the Groove

• Rockie's Riccasha

  
  The dapper Mr. Charles at Jazzfest 2008
  (photo by Dan Phillips)
  
  Although I missed Rockie Charles' performance at this year's Ponderosa Stomp, I caught him on the first Saturday of Jazzfest, playing in the Blues Tent. Sitting there soaking it in (and prior to [...]
  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 10:40pm Eastern Daylight Time by Dan Phillips

Liprap's Lament - The Line

• Best-ever Mother's Day card, from my sister-in-law:

  Best-ever Mother's Day card, from my sister-in-law:
  

  After the Mother's Day I've had, I must say that children come in ALL AGES. And I probably should have become a hermit in some remote wooded area someplace in order to never come to this realization...but there it is.

  So [...]

  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 9:57pm Eastern Daylight Time by Leigh C.

Vicky Moos

• Down Home with the Neelys

  You know I wasn't content just to eat buffet food. Wonderful Hubby carries out our awesome leftovers from Neely's Barbeque in Memphis.
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 9:39pm Eastern Daylight Time by Vicky

• The Usual Suspects

  Slow news day, Fox News. Resthaven restaurant, Clarksdale.
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 9:38pm Eastern Daylight Time by Vicky

• Our hotel room view

  View from the 6th floor, Veranda Hotel, Grand Casino, Tunica. If you don't gamble, take some good reading, 'cause there ain't no HBO.
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 9:35pm Eastern Daylight Time by Vicky

• Eddie Martin

  Performs an acoustic set at Super Chikan's, downtown Clarksdale.
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 9:33pm Eastern Daylight Time by Vicky

• Robin Rogers

  Robin belts it out with Tas Cru, in front of Cat Head in downtown Clarksdale.
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 9:31pm Eastern Daylight Time by Vicky

• Kenny Wayne Shepherd

  
  
  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 9:30pm Eastern Daylight Time by Vicky

• Hubert Sumlin wins an award

  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 9:28pm Eastern Daylight Time by Vicky

• Koko Taylor won multiple awards

  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 9:27pm Eastern Daylight Time by Vicky

• Tab accepts an award

  
  and makes a damn good speech about helping New Orleans. [...]
  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 9:26pm Eastern Daylight Time by Vicky

• Ruthie Foster stops the show

  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 9:24pm Eastern Daylight Time by Vicky

• Sassy belter Diunna Greenleaf and Jonn Richardson

  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 9:23pm Eastern Daylight Time by Vicky

• Pinetop Perkins, 95 and still going strong

  
  
  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 9:18pm Eastern Daylight Time by Vicky

• Big George Brock, man about town

  
  
  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 9:17pm Eastern Daylight Time by Vicky

• Another woman who can belt it out

  Trampled Under Foot rocks the pre-party.
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 9:15pm Eastern Daylight Time by Vicky

• Boss Hogg...

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ...I mean...Haley Barbour (lobbyist supreme) welcomes visitors to the state of Mississippi. [...]
  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 9:10pm Eastern Daylight Time by Vicky

• Bobby Rush...Bobby Rush

  
  
  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 9:09pm Eastern Daylight Time by Vicky

New Orleans: A Bowl of Distinction

• Dr. Datzman

  Photo by Charles London [...]
  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 9:03pm Eastern Daylight Time by katrinafilm

Vicky Moos

• Back from Bluesland

  Wonderful Hubby and I just returned from our 3rd anniversary trip (seems like the 10th, doesn't it?) to the Blues Music Awards. We spent two days at the Grand Casino in Tunica, where the awards were held, and two days at the Shack Up Inn in Clarksdale.
  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 8:25pm Eastern Daylight Time by Vicky

Kiss My Gumbo

• From the KMG mailbag

  Dear Princess of Positive,

  Why do you do it? Why do you continue to write almost every day? How do you stay motivated to write when you only get $200 a month for your NOLA.com posts and you actually pay to host your own blog?

  ~Ramon - your hot fictitious [...]

  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 7:43pm Eastern Daylight Time by Greta

American Zombie

• Here's why I'm not Buddhist

  
  Because I want this so badly [...]
  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 7:13pm Eastern Daylight Time by Dambala

New Orleans Daily Photo

• Happy Mothers' Day, Linda!

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  Happy Mothers' Day to my bride and soul mate of 32 years, Linda. We had a different kind of Mothers' Day -- driving home from having visited our children and grandchildren. We were mostly sleeping from exhaustion but had a lot of time to spend together [...]
  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 6:22pm Eastern Daylight Time by Steve Buser

Gumbo Pie

• Happy Mother's Day

  To honor all mothers everywhere, here is Anita Renfroe distilling it all down for you. If you are actively parenting at this time, it might be useful to play this every morning at breakfast and get it all out of the way. [Technical note: The subtitles, which are very helpful, are [...]
  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 6:11pm Eastern Daylight Time

Blake Makes - a food blog in New Orleans

• Bridget Makes: Chicken Sandwiches with Paprika Aioli

  Sandwiches are one of the greatest inventions ever- a whole yummy meal you can hold right in your hands.  I’m always on the lookout for new sandwich recipes because we eat them so much at our house, and as I was browsing through the May issue of Bon [...]

  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 6:08pm Eastern Daylight Time by Bridget

Southern Mom

• In the Famous Words of Samuel L. Jackson

  “I want all these motherfucking snakes out of my motherfucking yard!”    Well, that might not be exactly what he said, but it is what I wanted to scream, yesterday.  I got out of my car, which can not be parked in my safe, snake free garage, and walked around to [...]
  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 5:52pm Eastern Daylight Time by Wendy

I Just Want To Be A Tugboat Captain

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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 5:44pm Eastern Daylight Time by Dave

Bigezbear

• My RSS Reader's Local News Headlines, 3:15 PM

  • Schriever man killed in car crash

  • Ponchatoula woman killed in car accident

  • Mother, two children killed in car collision in LaRose

  • Third man shot and killed in 7 hours

  • Chemical spill in Algiers

  • Coast Guard searches for man in Gulf of Mexico

  • Irma Thomas celebrates 25 years of celebrating [...]
  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 4:14pm Eastern Daylight Time by Glenn

Your Right Hand Thief

• Simple answers to simple questions

  The front page headline of the Sunday Times Picayune asks:
  
  

  Can Nagin Get Things Done?

  
  
  
  No, no, no. A thousand times No.
  
  
  This has been another edition of simple answers to simple questions.
  
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  Moldy City has a more extended take [...]
  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 3:36pm Eastern Daylight Time

• Hardy boy has a future in politics

  The Flaming Liberal sent me a link to this story from Money, and I'm going to reprint the whole damn thing because it's just that good:
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  A 13 year old from Texas who stole his Dad's credit card and ordered two hookers from an escort agency, has [...]
  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 2:55pm Eastern Daylight Time

Slimbolala

• Futbol!

  
  
  The Honduran guys around the corner who spend every free moment playing soccer in the street (often while holding a bottle of Bud Light in one hand) are now teaching the game to the neighborhood kids. And the kids are getting pretty good pretty [...]
  
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 2:04pm Eastern Daylight Time by Slimbolala

• Oh, That Again

  I just had my first