Category: General

General posts.

How do you get out of a rut?

Ruts suck, and I’m in a big one. Each day is very similar to its predecessor, and neither stimulates me fully. Not to mention smile without forcing myself. But without significant savings, how does one bust loose from the man?
Clearing out your desk and bursting out of the office sounds fun, but it’s probably not the best technique for a successful ressurection of one’s career and social life. My mom says that when you’re unhappy or bored, you should something for someone else. So if anybody needs something done that can be accomplished from New Orleans, please feel free to ask. I mean anyone. There has to be a way for the little folk. Help me.

Paul’s birthday is Sunday. Everyone, whether you know him or not, should call 917-673-7313.

Kent, please add spell check to this thing ….
Leslie, please take your top off ….

Thanks … DP

Music Midtown 2005

Music Midtown 2005
Please note: re-entry will be permitted provided that patrons obtain a wristband before leaving the festival and present a valid ticket w/wristband when returning. DO NOT LOSE YOUR TICKET even if you have a wristband.

hmmm. That wristband thing makes me think that selling tickets might be difficult. This is the first year that they have done the 3 days 1 price thing, so no one really knows how it will work.

Lunch w/ Brent Joseph

On Wednesday, Tom Benson played his relocation trump card by having his lawyer in San Antonio tell the S.A. newspaper about the offers the Saints have received from other cities.
He has absolutely no loyality to this city. He’s all business man and 0 football fan.
Albuquerque, New Mexico? Bullshit. (Is it OK to curse and does this thing have spell check?)
The NFL in New Mexico, great …
Meanwhile, Brent Joseph and I are on our way to eat catfish from the Sav-A-Center buffet. To the shower I go … la, la, la, lllllaaaaa …

Party like it’s 1999

Happy Birthday Beth! She has reached a new age bracket and sadly, the American advertisers are no longer clammoring for her money – she has moved to the Adult bracket – a real job, 401k’s, health insurance, a savings account. Poor Beth, no longer a kid. But don’t worry, everyone will still treat you like one and the family will still ask you a million questions about every aspect of your life.

It’s now time for Mom to take you to an expensive lunch with snow crab legs and cosmopolitans.

Welcome to the big time.

Love,
Leslie

First place

So after many weeks, our team finally took first placeat trivia night at the Prince of Wales. It wasn’t that big of a feat as there were only 6 teams playing, but we did dominate the few who were playing.

Our total winnings in house cash on the season stands at $150. The plan is to win first place (a $50 prize) twice and then spend a Saturday afternoon drinking our winnings in the form of shots with fruity/sexy/witty/lame names out on the patio of the bar. I imagine we will get greedy and thirsty and want to wait for three or four first place finishes, especially if the past two weeks are an indication of our luck.

It makes me sad

I had a nice hour and a half long conversation with Koster last night at 4am. It was a great time. We talked about terrible things we’ve done, Peter, our dads, living in New Orleans, living away from New Orleans, love, marriage, girls, debts, taxes, you name it. I so miss having him accessible.

Unfortunately, he also told me that he is not coming to Atlanta in June for Music Midtown. He’s going to Chicago, where the music festival is $10 a day (Music Midtown is $75 for 3 days). A quick search on the internet didn’t reveal anything more about this mysterious Chicago festival. Taste of Chicago is free, so that’s not it.

Anyway, this is the third person who has balked at the steep ticket prices, or at least at the “one ticket for all three days” policy for Music Midtown. I will be curious to see if the attendance is up or down from last year, where apparently you bought a separate ticket for each day, allowing a little more flexibility for out-of-towners and in-town folks who might have jobs.

A Brand New Look

As you can see, we’ve added a blog to elbuzzard.com. If you would like to write on it, send me an email, and I’ll get you hooked up. I’m pretty sure Dave is the only person who reads the site anyway, and he’s mainly just interested in seeing how fat I’m getting. Dave, the weight tracker hasn’t gone away, its right here. Don’t worry, I’m still fat.

Everything else that was available here is still up, including the photo gallery and forums.

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