New Orleans time? The St. Patrick’s Day parade started at 6 p.m. far away and was expected along Decatur Street. I waited, ate dinner and gave up at 7:30. Headed back after 9 and it was still moving through Bourbon Street. …At 6:15 pm: behind me two people supported a guy who was being violently sick on the crowded sidewalk. In most towns, the cops would arrive. Instead, a guitarist sympathized, “Brother, I know how you feel.” …. … A man whose outfit and beard made him look like a member of the Hogwarts faculty was playing the glass harmonica (Varying sizes glasses and water levels to produce musical tones) on Jackson Square.

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How many Congress people does it change a light bulb? No one knows. They haven’t been able to get it done. Meanwhile, a plume of black smoke issuing from the capital building signaled the legislators’ latest inability to come to a financial agreement. However, there is hope: leaders of both houses were seen standing in line to buy tickets for the latest Powerball drawing. Read more...

Speed dating is not new. I engaged in that a lot in college. “I have a headache, can we leave now? Take me home.” .... As I’ve gotten older, I don’t know that I’ve gotten wiser. But I can certainly make what I say sound more impressive so it fools more people. ... Sometimes I'm slow on the uptake. I once thought that Pound Puppies was a form of animal abuse. Read more...