Adventures with Dr. Lady Cutie Troublemaker

Tomorrow, June 18th, will be my parents’ 40th wedding anniversary. They were married on June 19th, 1966 in Memphis, Tennessee not far at all from where I lived last year. For their honeymoon, they drove all around the South, along the Gulf Coast, and in to New Orleans. We talked about having a big party for them, but what they wanted was to follow this course once again, not only as a celebration of 40 years together, but also to see the coast after Katrina. They were in Jackson on a Habitat for Humanity build, but that was a work trip. This trip is more about exploration, I think. I called Dad for Father’s Day – it took a while for my brain to remember they were on this trip – and he talked about how there is just nothing along the coast from just East of Biloxi on west to NOLA. And he says the outskirts of NOLA are a wasteland. He said that if you squint, it looks OK, but when you focus your eyes, you can see that all these places are abandoned. I’ve spent a lot of time in New Orleans over the years. I can’t imagine driving in without seeing all the normal life alerting you to the upcoming city. If you’re walking down Bourbon Street past Lafitte’s Guest House, look up on the balcony and wave. That’s where they will be. And tell them Happy Anniversary.

I LOVE this! I think I’m like the thing on the right, but my field (or at least where I am now) is like the thing on the left. What’s also interesting about this model is it’s parallelism to the right and left hemispheres of the brain. VERY interesting, I think.

Thanks, Steve!

Tonight, Henry Rollins welcomes Eddie Izzard (as well as Death Cab for Cutie) at 10pm on The Independent Film Channel.

Excellent!

I’m intrigued by the interaction between Eddie and Henry. These are two men who are very clear about who they are and have strong opinions, and thus excel at self-expression. And yet, they are two wildly different people. I wrote HR a letter once, and he wrote back. It made my day during a really sad time in my life.

Hey, you know what would be so cool? A double bill of Eddie & Henry with some shared bits peppered throughout. I’d pay a lot to see that.

Oh, and look what I found. This is going to be GOOD!

I can’t get enough of the site, Platial. It’s so easy to get started and such a fascinating way to present information. I LOVE it!

It’s changing daily. It will eventually document every place I’ve spent more than 6 weeks over my whole life. I’m so geographically-challenged that imagining this visually wasn’t possible… until now!

OK, off to see Billy!

"Get your game on" in the Boston Globe Sidekick today, pages 8 and 9. I decided to use my real name, because you can’t do a search for my last name and end up at this blog location, and that’s really the point. I’m right behind Sooz in the picture! Next game night is tonight. I’ll be there, although I’m hoping to cruise Neighbors for Neighbors’ event at Doyle’s, too.