Adventures with Dr. Lady Cutie Troublemaker

Life is in flux BIG TIME these days. I want to keep in touch with all of my peeps. The Internet is this beautiful thing. I can move to a brand new city and still stay in easy, near-daily contact with the people I love. When I feel connected to the people in my life that matter, I am unstoppable!

It continues

By Abby at 10:58 pm on Sunday, September 4, 2005

My friend Kristin asked if I’d seen Meet the Press. I hadn’t. Now I have. Police working in NOLA have begun killing themselves and turning in their badges. Certainly, this work is more than just a regular day’s work. Still, there are some glimpses of hope in all of this. Small ones. Very small.

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Volunteering When You’re Not in the South

By Abby at 2:41 pm on Sunday, September 4, 2005

I just saw this posted on Boing Boing. It’s a way to donate time without going to NOLA. It involves taking unstructured information and putting it into a standardized form so that it’s easier for people to search for loved ones. I think I’m definitely going to donate at least an hour or two to doing this.

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Volunteering in NOLA

By Abby at 8:08 am on Sunday, September 4, 2005

Rachel went down to volunteer in NOLA and is blogging about it. I have a lot of guilt having left Memphis on Sunday morning and Nashville on Monday morning, ahead of the hurricane the whole way. I’m glad Rachels are doing so much.

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Perv is Raw Foodie Chef Who Thinks Being a Flasher is No Big Whoop

By Abby at 4:45 pm on Saturday, September 3, 2005

Whoah! So the guy who exposed himself on the subway a few weeks ago has been identified and arrested. What’s really weird is that he is a co-founder and owner of a raw food eatery in New York called Quintessence. His name is Dan Hoyt, and here’s his bio:

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Apparently, Mr. Hoyt thinks this is no big whoop. He received 2 days of community service for doing the same thing at the same station in 1994. I hope people don’t keep eating this guy’s food. I mean euuuw!! Thanks to the reader who shared the update with me.

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Maps and Legends

By Abby at 6:37 am on Saturday, September 3, 2005

As a power-surfer, I feel compelled to share some of the links I’ve found most useful or interesting. As a map addict (oddly, a map addict with no sense of direction), many of these links are to maps of the region since Katrina hit:

Lastly, I’m here with tears streaming down my face. Download these two videos (Thanks, EJ) and watch them:

  • George Bush Does Not Care About Black People: Quicktime, Windows Media
  • On the Ground with Fox News (Yes, it’s Giraldo, but I’m so glad he’s there advocating his ass off for the people stuck inside the NOLA Convention Center): Quicktime, Windows Media
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