The Authentic Eccentric

My friend Monica is a New Orleans resident. When we were finally able to reconnect after Katrina, I asked her to keep me up to date on the situation. Here is her first-hand account of their trip back into New Orleans this last weekend, pre-Rita:
We snuck back into the city this weekend (9/18/05) and successfully […]

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Tapped out on cash to give? Tired of wall to wall blame game coverage of the hurricane, but still want to help? Put that restless energy to good use over at the Katrina PeopleFinder project.
This is a massive project and help is urgently needed now. For more information or to volunteer, drop over and read […]

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It took me a day or so to make it over, but Doc has an excellent post on our newly launched war on error that I think should be a must read for anyone beginning to lose patience with politics as usual. I’m not interested in assigning portions of blame - in my opinion, I […]

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There is a moving and eloquent post by Dr. Mark Naison over at the Progressive’s Network on the face of the evacuees in the Gulf state disaster. He writes:
Not since the great Mississippi River Flood of 1927 have the economic and racial isolation of the black poor been revealed in such stark relief by an […]

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It’s officially the end of my holiday weekend. I’m tired of media coverage as usual in light of life isn’t as usual, so I spent some time reconnecting with some of the lists I’m on, where by and large people are more focused on what they can do versus who is to blame.
Personally, right […]

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As heartbreaking as the stories that continue to make their way out of the devestated Gulf Coast region are, I suspect the one’s that aren’t being covered are even worse. So, I wasn’t surprised to open my email today and read about the Pyramid Parent Training Center in New Orleans, run by Ursula and D. […]

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Along with losing most everything they own, many of the hurricane survivors are also battling technology issues such as hosts under water, missing websites and no email. We’ve offered to help - since we just got our own shiny new server, we can take on up to 50 displaced sites - if anyone out there […]

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Jennifer Roberson is spearheading a book drive for the hurricane evacuees now in the Astrodome. They have food, water, cots, plumbing, etc.; they now need things to fill the endless hours. She has contacted the local authorities and was given the following address for direct book donations (not to me):
HURRICANE EVACUEES
RELIANT ASTRODOME
c/o RED […]

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Inspired by Hugh Hewitt, marshaled by Glenn Reynolds, and organized by N.Z. Bear, nearly 700 bloggers from 11 countries have united today to raise money for Hurricane Katrina victims. Last I checked, they had raised over $64,000 so far - keep on giving!
We’re especially fond of Matching The Good from our friends at Strengthen The […]

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