From the category archives:

Personal Narrative

How To Not Take Things Seriously

by Nathan July 13, 2010

Over the past few months I have met a whole heck of a lot of new friends. The majority of them I’ve actually taken to the next level, the “second base” of friendship, some more than others. A select few I regard as close as friends I’ve known almost my whole life. I feel accepted. [...]

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Beyond Petroleum?

by Loki June 16, 2010

I’ve been trying to write this post for two weeks now. Every time I begin I am consumed with a powerful rage that distorts my ability to communicate in a civilized fashion. Hardly what one would expect from me after close to five years of “Katrina Blogging.” Still, there it is.
Every single day my email [...]

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Fairey Gate

by classicgrrl May 20, 2010

First, big thanks to @DonMooneyJr on twitter for the title!  For those who were asleep this afternoon, Shepard Fairey’s mural on Pike Street in Covington, KY was painted over with white paint.  Lauren Bishop wrote the story at Cincinnati.com and the image is present alongside the article.  The mural was across the street from John G. Carlisle [...]

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Lessons from Cincinnati suburbia

by Nathan May 15, 2010

I want to be completely honest with you up front: I live in Greenhills, just southwest of Forest Park. I’m married, have an 8-to-5 job, an 80 pound weimaraner that likes to chew on rawhides in my backyard, and a Honda Accord. I read the Drudge Report every day, I sometimes iron my jeans, and [...]

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Happen

by Dark Martha May 4, 2010

I had driven past the storefront for months.  When I would walk past, I’d admire the quirky art inside, the fabulous chandelier… and one day I noticed there was a schedule of events posted to the window.
It was Valentine’s Day of 2009 that finally got me, my boyfriend and my daughter into Happen, Inc. We [...]

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I Miss You Dr. Morris

by Loki April 3, 2010

New Orleans Geek Dinner July 14th, 2006 L to R: Ray in NOLA, Sophmom, Loki, Dr. Ashley Morris

Yesterday marked two years since Ashley Morris left this world. One of the most powerful voices in the New Orleans blogosphere suddenly silenced on April 2, 2008. I remember being stunned into immobility as I read his lovely [...]

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There Are No Blue Neon Signs at Art Beyond Boundaries

by Etha Walters February 6, 2010

As a disabled woman my biggest hurdle that I have to stride isn’t the everyday mundane physical hurdles like getting dressed, doing house work and making sure that my wheelchair is charged up enough to get me through the day; my biggest hurdles come with the everyday interaction with people and helping them get [...]

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