Day September 13, 2005

Duct tape to the rescue

The new head of FEMA is the bozo who advised Americans to protect themselves against biological attack by using duct tape. Mr Paulison was the official who urged Americans to stock up on duct tape and plastic sheeting in 2003…

Something to do while waiting for rescue

Here’s what Sue did yesterday while trapped in the elevator during the power outage. (She posted it on the John Heron Project bulletin board, a fine literary site hosted by our pal Wood in Wales.)

New Orleans – the ideal place to get shot

Last year, Ray Davies of the Kinks was shot while in New Orleans. He wrote this for the Times of London. During my initial week-long stay in hospital and lengthy recuperation, I observed first-hand the bankruptcy of the New Orleans…