Randomness

As I try to recover from too many margaritas last night:

- Karl Rove's resignation. After I took in my moment of happiness, I wondered what he was really going to do with his extra time. A shudder went through me. I bet he is going to work for the Spiders. Who else would hire his evil self?

- The title of a 1982 review of Joyce Carol Oates by James Wolcott keeps cracking me up, "Stop Me Before I Write Again: Six Hundred More Pages by Joyce Carol Oates." I like both of them, so that just makes me giggle.

- The New York Times had an article in the Sunday paper comparing the "good" war in Afghanistan to Iraq. It is an excellent article detailing how the Iraq war detracted from the efforts against the Taliban. We have spent $19 billion in Afghanistan compared to $42 billion in Iraq. Billions, people, billions.

- C. Ray Nagin, the mayor of New Orleans, continues to screw up - at least in my little mind. His most recent comment had to do with all of the murders and that even though the city seems dangerous "it is getting the New Orleans brand out there." I would love to have my city's brand be murder. That will really excite people to travel again to New Orleans, let alone resettle in the city. I do agree that keeping the media interested in New Orleans is a good thing because there is still so much that needs to be done in the city. It disturbs me how the city has dropped off our radar. But, can we find a different way of raising our concerns instead of hoping that the bad news keeps a murderous brand out there.