Gustav growls, doesn’t bite

After intense preparations, mandatory evacuations and a rescheduled LSU Tigers football season opener, Hurricane Gustav hit Louisiana as a category 2 and is slowly finishing its route up through the state. The people that have lived in Southeastern Louisiana their whole lives know the process- nail boards to the windows, fill the hurricane lamps, andContinue reading “Gustav growls, doesn’t bite”

What really matters?

Everyday at work I read the news and the blogs, which cover all manner of topics. The top headlines are the ones we’ve been seeing 24/7, for months on end: the Bush Administration slowly chipping away at our Constitutional liberties, racist hate crimes, political scandals, and the scary number of young female celebrities engaging inContinue reading “What really matters?”