Events

Carnival season is gearing up here in New Orleans. Saturday was a nice party with a small street parade around upper Carrollton-- my first playing a parade this season.

Meanwhile, later this week is the 4th Tulane Maya Symposium, 1-4 February, New Orleans, 4 Days of Pre-Columbian Maya scholarly goodness, with the theme "Murals and Painted Texts by Maya Ah Tz'ibob", including a keynote address by Dr. Karl Taube.

I hope to make at least some of it on Friday. But Saturday, I will miss it, as there is a schedual conflict with one of my favorite events:

The Krewe du Vieux parade. This year's theme "Habitat for Insanity".

Wall Street Journal on the Road(block) Home

In Katrina's Wake: Where Is the Money?

Speaking of which, Da Po' Blog on Bush's dubious $ claim

Example of how the Bush administration "Supports Our Troops"

Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts showing up in homeless shelters