Move Along, Nothing To See Here…
Life has been rather mundane around here lately. There’s not much to report. Seems like all I do is sit at my desk and write code and edit web pages all day long. That’s a good thing but it does get boring at times! The exception was Jules coming to visit about 2 weeks ago, we spent most of a day touring New Orleans and the French Quarter. It was a lot of fun and even though I’ve seen every square inch of N.O. many times over it’s kind of cool to sort of see it through the eyes of someone that’s never been here.
We had the obligatory cafe au lait and beignets at the French Market in the morning then later we stopped and had lunch at the Desire Oyster Bar and Bistro in the Royal Sonesta Hotel on Bourbon St. The meal was quite good, I chose the Crawfish Etouffee and Jules ordered the Cajun Shrimp Alfredo. It was actually quite inexpensive, if you’re ever in town, you should check it out. Tres good! Anyone else coming to New Orleans, be sure to let me know and we can meet up too!
I got something rather interesting in the mail the other day, a notification from the local government that a sex offender has moved into my neighborhood, about two blocks away. Even has the guys photo on the card! I think this idea should be expanded to include ex-cons that were convicted of violent crimes, home invasions, domestic violence and burglaries as well. Wouldn’t you like to know that your neighbor was once a jailbird? Or would that be carrying it too far?
That’s about all I have folks, see I told you there was nothing to see here! LOL I’ll leave you with this cartoon that I thought was hilarious…
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I like the sex offender notifications but perhaps notifiying people about every criminal is going too far. I’m sure it would get expensive and cause our taxes to go up more.
Loved the cartoon!
Bwahahahaha! The cartoon is priceless!
Hahahahaha!!!!!!!!! That cartoon is hilarious! I’m planning a New Orleans trip in March with my usual gang of misfits. I’ll let you know the date when we have it.
Very funny cartoon. I like the sweet Christmas look you’ve got going on here.
Some societies use peer pressure to keep the citizen in line, but maybe that’s too much like vigilantism and we are supposed to be above that. Nah.
The template looks great! Evil Santa for Evil Se7
As for visiting New Orleans, I’ll get there soon. Really! Cross my heart!
Hugsssssssss.
This is where I start sounding like a liberal even though I spent way too many years working for a police department and I’m definitely not a liberal … the range of things that a person can be labeled a sex offender for is vast and wide. It can range from being a rapist to a child molester to an issue between a husband and wife or boyfriend and girlfriend that had nothing to do with being a predator. Personally, I don’t believe that people should be labeled so broadly and then have it broadcast to the entire community. IF a person is a rapist or a child molester then by all means – post the notice on the front door of the house but there are a lot of people who made a mistake somewhere along the way who are trying to start over again and can’t because of this stupid ass law. Whatever happened to giving a person a second chance? This law is not fair in my opinion and unless the person poses some sort of legitimate threat to the neighborhood that they have moved into then I don’t think that this should be done.
We all make mistakes in our lives, some bigger than others, but how can you start over when you know that people are judging you before they’ve even gotten a chance to know you? The label of ‘sex offender’ needs to be reevaluated and revised. And that’s my two cents worth, adjusted for inflation! Oh, and I’m not a sex offender myself less this sounds like it hits too close to home!
On a less up-on-my-soap-box note, I love the new look on both your blog and mine!
The cartoon’s too funny!
I’ve been craving beignets & cafe au lait. When I was there in October, on my way out of town, I dashed into (well, the parking situation made it quite the “dash”) CDM for a batch to go. It was great comfort to me as headed east on 10, although there was a, ummmm, powdered sugar incident in the car that showed for some time after.
I was there in March, May, July, August & October. I have now officially been too long without visiting. I’m always running around like crazy visiting friends and doing things with my son but I promise that next time I’ll try. I’ll also let you know the next time the NOLA bloggers have a get-together. Hope you’re feelin’ great!
My template is pretty snazzy, too. I wonder who made it?
Love the cartoon! I’ll let you know if I ever make it over to Nawlins : )
Love New Orleans! But it will be a while before I get back there. Talking of cajun food is making me hungry! Hey, I sent you an email some time ago. I want you to redo my blog template so email me back.
The problem I have with the sex offender pics is that some people look alike. I am always told I look like someone. I would hate that someone to be a sex offender or crimminal.
So glad you are feeling better Se7 hun. Glad you havd a wonderful visit with jules too.
*hugs*
The cartoon is hilarious! Well, I know where the sexual offender website is so I go and look there on occasion. This means I can actually read what they were convicted of as well. I can pretty well tell when I want to be around someone and when I don’t, so I don’t need a notification of everyone that moves into the neighborhood.
Okay. Looks like “next time” will be New Years’ Eve (with any luck). I hope you’re well and happily ready for the holidays.
That cracked me up too! I’m glad we live by the school. They won’t let bad guys/girls move nearby.
Happy new year!