Category: long story short

B and I are headed down to NOLA for our annual Jazz Fest pilgrimage tomorrow, and none too soon, given how stressful life has been for both of us, but especially B, lately. Last year I ended up not posting any of my notes from the fairgrounds, but the year before I posted a lot…

…but perhaps I should have: ABC News: Cardinal Ratzinger of Germany Is New Pope How old is Pope Benedict XVI anyway? I am correct that “the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith” is just the old Inquisition re-branded, right? So I guess he was probably acting as a kind of vice-Pope during JPII’s infirm…

In Reason: The Pentagon’s Secret Stash: Why we’ll never see the second round of Abu Ghraib photos Matt Welch explains how “damage control” has trumped transparency, not that this should surprise anyone. I guess I should be thankful that any pictures were taken at all and that even some of them got out. I hope…

The world played a few unkind jokes on this April fool: a parking ticket near Piedmont Ave., and the state franchise tax board giving our tax refund to some other (unnamed) state agency, probably also related to outstanding parking tickets. Then the flooding in the basement – especially weird after no rain. No idea if…

Did some yoga this morning for the first time in months. What a relief. I nearly cried in downward-facing dog as I felt my calves stretching out of their tight cramp. And in the warrior pose, my shoulders felt like they might crumble and fall off, but something tells me this is just the countervailing…

I missed the kickball game this morning (KICK! 2005) … got to follow George’s advice more closely….