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ok. despite the reason that this laptop has a bamboo casing because it's jumping on the Green/renewable resources/eco-friendly gimmick bandwagon, and my supreme loathing for this latest marketing fad and gimmickry, my love for bamboo supercedes it and i love this.

Debuted in Taiwan last year, i just may keep an eye out for it in 09 and get a job so i can get one of these.

....or do it johnny dangerously style and put bamboo contact paper on my macbook.

NEW ORLEANS - Fred Radtke, the infamous scourge of graffiti also known as the Gray Ghost, ran into a brick wall Wednesday while painting over one.

While John Hartsock, co-owner of the Hi-Ho Lounge, was driving home at approximately 3 p.m. he noticed Radtke and several workers painting over a well-known mural on the side of the Southern Waterproofing building, 2930 Burgundy St.

Hartsock asked one of the owners of Southern waterproofing, Michelle Gallodoro, if she had given Radtke permission to paint over the mural.

Not only had Gallodoro not given Radtke permission to paint over the mural, she said she had told him on several occasions and written him letters demanding that he stop painting over the piece.

So Gallodoro called 911 and the National Guard arrived and chased Radtke off. It is not known whether Radtke will be issued a citation by the New Orleans Police Department but Gallodoro will press charges.

“The neighborhood people are really upset he’s been doing this,” she said. “We don’t want him here anymore. He is making everything worse.”

Gallodoro allowed neighborhood artists to paint the mural on her building so long as it wasn’t offensive or gang-related. A week after they first completed the mural, Radtke painted over it, she said. So Gallodoro told Radtke that he had no right to come on her private property and paint over something she approved.

Radtke left, the artists repainted, and a week later the Gray Ghost was back splashing gray paint over Gallodoro’s property, she said.

“It’s been going on and on like this. No matter what we say he doesn’t listen. This guy is running around throwing paint on private property, and no one is doing anything to stop him. Everyone knows that he defaces private property without permission and yet he’s never fined or jailed or anything.”

So this post is dedicated to Dr. ER, my awesome buddy in chicago. He gave me an idea to blog about food in NOLA, and this is one huge po-boy pigout porn post dedicated to him. Enjoy, Andy honey!

Po-Boys are the reason i do not eat regular cold sammiches. i mean, why make a sammich out of cold cuts when you can have fried shrimp, ersters (oysters), catfish, or roast beef dripping with gravy, hot sausages, alligator sausage or even, or even french fries with debris gravy? (debris gravy: the roast beef gravy with bits and pieces of the roast beefy goodness) come on now.

I live right by Domilise's Po-boy shop uptown, which was featured on Anthony Bourdain's No Reservations show and the shit is GOOD. And my girl lives by Parkway, which has some damn good po-boys also. They are quite known for their roast beef po-boys.

We ordered a fried catfish and a fried erster po-boy with a side of debris fries. I guarantee you will never see anyone eat with as much glee as we do:

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• Give each item a home Assign each item a home. Not only does this create a place where it belongs, but it also saves mental processing when you need to put stuff away instantly, or locate them later.


• Keep the flat surfaces empty - The flat surfaces in your home are likely to be the easiest targets for clutter. Clearing off a surface (tables, counter tops) are also the easiest way to create an environment that appears clean and organized. Sometimes, I get so tired of looking at a particularly messy surface, that I would throw everything on the surface into a box or bag. I then find homes for each item in the bag. Clearing off surfaces seems to have an instant calming effect on me.
  
  
  
  • Whenever you need to choose, always choose to put things out of sight.
  
  
  • Make it a point not to place mail on an open surface when you come home. Keep your mail in a box, or in a cupboard.
  
  
  • Make it part of your daily ritual to remove items from flat surfaces. Put them in places where the eye cannot see, like a drawer. Make quick sweeps whenever possible.
  
  
  
  


• Clean as you go - One major tip for keeping your home free of clutter is simple - when you’re done with something, put it away immediately. When you finish a project, put everything away. When you take off clothes, do not drop it on the floor, toss it in the laundry basket or a closet instantly. This habit gives two things. First, you won’t have to clean up after a pile accumulates. Second, a clean home discourages others from leaving their clutter around (proactive de-cluttering).


• Downsize your stuff - This can be a challenging, but relieving experience for people. Ridding ourselves of unused stuff removes the clutter and is mentally liberating. Make it a project to get rid of clothing you haven’t wore in more than 2 years, DVDs you’ll never watch again, books you’ll never read again, kitchen stuff you haven’t used in over a year. Give it away. The less you have, the less clutter and the less you’ll have to clean.


• Set a timer - It’s been said many times before, but setting a timer and cleaning like crazy for 15 minutes really does work. One or two 15-minute sessions can make a huge difference in keeping your house clean in the long run. “Start doing the thing to have energy to do the thing” - Bob Proctor

• - The thought of cleaning your entire living space can seem daunting and time consuming. I always tell myself that ‘I have no time‘, as an excuse to delay tidying my apartment. I’ve found it helpful to write out on paper, all the sections of my home that need organizational love. For example, I would put down:
  
  
  
  • my desk
  
  
  • cupboard surface by the front door
  
  
  • area behind my desk
  
  
  • area behind dining table
  
  
  • surface above the credenza
  
  
  • etc.
  
  
  
  Then I make each one a mini-project, where I’d tackle one every week. Make sure that each mini-project has a measurable goal, where it is achievable within an hour. If an area requires many hours, then break it up into several mini-projects. This way, the cleaning tasks seem manageable and will not take all day. Completing each mini-project also gives me small wins along the way, creating momentum to tackle the next mini-project.

• geek love. going to NationWide screening of This American Life tonight. if it's in your city, YOU GO TOO. #

• unraveling. like the weezer sweater song #
• ugh. feel prickly. huge fight. now he's overseas. unresloved. fight issue wasn't even real issue. feh. #

I had a very interesting session today, I talked about my trip to SD, and about my friend who's going through this thing that was kind of like what i was going through on 2006, being with someone she knows who is not the one for her, while the one she wants to be with is still in her life. only she's married and has 2 kids.

my therapist brought this to my attention - she settled. as much as i put everyone through that year, as much as i dug the e-ring i had from Mr. Thing, and even though i've made some really quite bad choices in dating people in my past, i Did Not Settle. I knew in my....somewhere that they were not the ones for me.

i've found the one I want to be with. if we get to that point, I'll marry him knowing that he is The One. My friend admitted that she married her husband knowing that he was not the one.
And i remember that it was her brother that first ever told me never to settle. i wish he had told her that.

Whatever happens, even though I have to go through this incredibly hard thing this year, I know that it's for the real thing. And for someone who thought she could never be choosy about who she dated, i actually held out and in the end, did whatever it took to be with the person who is incredibly right for me.