Yesterday, I had lunch at one of my favorite Chinese restaurants in Baton Rouge, King Buffet (http://www.kingbuffet.biz). At the end of a lunch consisting primarily of sushi rolls, fried shrimp, shrimp & broccoli and shanghai shrimp, I had the traditional fortune cookie.<br /> <br /> My fortune was not a "fortune" per se, but it [...]
Donate to Uniforms for Kids
July 24, 2005 By Leave a Comment
"Our goal is to make sure that every child, in every parish, who doesn't have a uniform, receives one," says Gerry Malone, with St. Vincent De Paul, talking about the <b>Uniforms for Kids</b> program she leads. Utilizing thousands of hours of volunteer labor, and money and old uniforms donated by individuals and companies, the Uniforms [...]
Battlestar Galactica going downhill fast
July 24, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Is anyone else as disgusted at this year's Battlestar Galactica as I am?<br /> <br /> It's terribly disjointed and repetitive and repetitive. How many times are we going to visit the same team stuck on Caprica? How many times to we have to see Gaius Baltar's hallucinations about his Cylon baby? Or see Boomer's [...]
Memphis Tennessee Restaurant Favorites
July 20, 2005 By Leave a Comment
A Judge stood up and said "No."
July 19, 2005 By Leave a Comment
I just finished reading an article in the <a href="http://www.thenextwindow.com/exit.php?url_id=533&entry_id=108" title="http://www.wsj.com" onmouseover="window.status='http://www.wsj.com';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">Wall Street Journal</a> entitled The Silicosis Sheriff.<br /> <br /> This <a href="http://www.thenextwindow.com/exit.php?url_id=534&entry_id=108" title="http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB112129552607885138-IdjfYNhlaV4opyuaYCHaKqGm4,00.html" onmouseover="window.status='http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB112129552607885138-IdjfYNhlaV4opyuaYCHaKqGm4,00.html';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">article</a> is about Judge Janis Graham Jack, a Federal court judge in Texas, who actually dug into the nearly 10,000 silicosis claims presented to [...]
Houston Texas Restaurant Favorites
July 18, 2005 By Leave a Comment
When I go to Houston, Texas, there are some restaurants that almost always get a visit.<br /> <br /> For Mexican food, my favorite is Cafe Adobe, near the corner of Westheimer and Shepherd. There's a terrible story there — my family used to go to the BookStop on S. Shepherd about once a month, [...]
New Web Hosting Special at Powweb
July 15, 2005 By Leave a Comment
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SciFi Friday Returns tomorrow
July 14, 2005 By Leave a Comment
It sure is nice of the Sci-Fi Channel to use a totally different "season" than the broadcast channels. Actually they do an interesting style season – they split in half and effectively have two mini-seasons each year.<br /> <br /> Tomorrow, Friday July 15th, is the start of a new season (the first mini-season of [...]
Today’s’ Shuttle launch delayed
July 13, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Routine last minute checks of the Shuttle resulted in a cancellation of today's launch of Space Shuttle Discovery. No announcement yet on when Discovery will be scheduled to take off. It could be as early as tomorrow.<br /> <br /> The problem was a faulty fuel tank sensor — a low-level cutoff switch — was [...]
Shuttle Liftoff — Tomorrow at 3:51 p.m. EDT!
July 12, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Liftoff of Space Shuttle Discovery on NASA's Return to Flight Mission is scheduled for 3:51 p.m. EDT July 13.<br /> <br /> There was surprise and worry today when a window cover fell off the Shuttle and struck a panel 65 feet lower on the Shuttle. Workers quickly located a replacement panel and installed it. [...]