We enjoyed an evening at the opera Monday night and already have tickets for the next one. There we were, casual dress (well, I dressed up — I put socks on — that’s how she can tell), in comfortable theater seating, large Coke in the cup holder and large popcorn in the lap.
At http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/17/clinton-blindsided-palin/ the best comment is:
“Her [Pailin’s] attendance was news to us, and this was never billed to us as a partisan political event,” said Hillary’s spokesman.
The tulips opened quite nicely and the Irises were gorgeous. They still are.
The edibles were excellent and I’ll admit to having more than my share of the chocolate dipped strawberries. I’d estimate at this point there is maybe one fifth of the arrangement left. It will be gone by the end of the day tomorrow, guaranteed.
From a reporter whose identity I’ll protect by not naming same:
Meanwhile in Iberia Parish, the high water caused a barge to break loose and collide with a bridge on Weeks Island Road.
The barge apparently pushed through and knocked out the entire middle section of the bridge. As you can imagine, that section of LA 83 is now closed.
http://www.nola.com/hurricane-ike/index.ssf/2008/09/lack_of_cooperation_vexes_resc.html
Lack of cooperation vexes rescuer in Terrebonne
by David Hammer, The Times-Picayune
Saturday September 13, 2008, 10:48 PMDULAC — Gunning his rescue boat down the inundated main drag in the fishing village of Grand Caillou, state Wildlife and Fisheries agent Joe Arnaud can overcome anything Hurricane Ike throws his way.
http://www.wwltv.com/topstories/stories/wwl091308mlrita.73080431.html
Two dead, thousands of homes flooded in Terrebonne
08:24 AM CDT on Sunday, September 14, 2008
John DeSantis / Houma Courier
If you thought New Orleans police stopped illegally confiscating guns after they were told it was illegal by the courts, and even after further legislation was passed, think again.
And if you think they will do it only in an emergency, think again.
So, I made reservations for supper Sunday night at a restaurant we normally wouldn’t even consider going to because of the cost, and we may regret having done so by Monday morning, but what the hell, it’s a special occasion.
Europe, led by the nincompoops in Brussels, has been sliding off the logic shelf faster than California.
England has shown ample evidence of following the same path, and this latest piece would seem to be a giant step in that direction. The precedent this sets is, well, I’m not sure what word to use.
Flood tubes vandalized in Des Allemands
by The Times-Picayune
Thursday September 11, 2008, 10:35 PMFlood tubes along Bayou Des Allemands that St. Charles Parish officials hoped would stave off potentially rising water swept in by Hurricane Ike were vandalized Thursday, according to St. Charles Parish Sheriff Greg Champagne.
From the August issue of Airliner World:
Boeing 727 ‘Abandoned’ at Hanoi
A Cambodian-registered Boeing 727 –XU-RKJ — is under threat of being scrapped at Hanoi’s Noi Bai Airport in Vietnam after amassing more than six monthsworth of parking charges. It arrived from Siem Riep in Cambodia in November 2007 requiring maintenance but this has never been carried out and the authorities have tried to trace its owners.
“I was just thinking, this Gustav is proof that there is a God in heaven. To just have it … planned at the same time, that it would actually be on its way to New Orleans for Day One of the Republican convention, up in the Twin Cities, at the top of the Mississippi River.”—-Michael Moore
