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A Shot of Painkiller.
Every day in New Orleans offers more glory to be bitten and savored. Even before the sun comes up, the swallows start to twitter in the trees. The…
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New Orleans Royalty.
You do not realize this because I do not like to make a big deal of it. I am only mentioning it because I have been asked by my superior to talk about…
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The Girl Can't Help It.
You would not know it from looking at me but, at my core, I am a troglodyte. Most of us have a little Neanderthal DNA in them. Such is the human family…
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The CheeWee Man.
The CheeWee Man wanders Bourbon Street and Frenchmen Street and Lower Decatur Street and the environs of St. Ann Street late at night. He goes where…
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The Decatur Street Water Balloon War.
As I write this, it is only 8:47PM. I doubt I will still be awake when the battle lines are drawn later tonight. There is going to a water balloon war…
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Sunday Night.
I just got a hot tip about a bar full of funerary urns filled with the ashes of former patrons. What I like about New Orleans is that I do not need to…
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Sunday Morning.
I went to Mass at St. Louis Cathedral this morning. I talked with the Archbishop. His name does not matter. He is the fourteenth bishop of New Orleans…
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A Lear of a Day.
Something Shakespearian is going on in the world. This is the second day in a row that I have read about how people are molded over time by their…
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A Note on Notebooks
I was in a little motor scooter accident yesterday. It happens. It is nothing major but I am taking it easy as I am on the mend. I still have plenty of…
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Gert Town Surprise.
I received a message from California Girl. She knows my peculiar proclivities. Everyone does. Here is what the message said: “Mr. King, Get yourself to…
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Day of the Flapper.
Alright, after today, I am going to put the paywall back up when I hit mid-stream. There is too much literary gold and shoe-leather reporting being…
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Make My Coffin Strong.
I was hanging out outside of St. Roch Cemetery No. 1. I like No. 2 but No. 1 is my preferred hangout. I prefer the statuary in No. 1, even if the gates…
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