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Stop with the petty arguments please. My God people.
If one wants hysterics all they have to do is read some of the
posters' comments on this thread. It becomes somewhat
disgusting after reading several dozen posts about how
the poster can or could do this or that better. Or how
this or that should have been done. Keep with the spirit
in which this thread was intended, please.

We're all frazzled... upset, angry, and compassionate (honest, Blogger)

Here's one of my WWL updates, and it is good news in terms of normalcy

Updates as they come in on Katrina
09:05 PM CDT on Friday, September 2, 2005

Tom Planchet

9:03 P.M. - (AP): Tulane has canceled its fall semester and students are encouraged to enroll elsewhere for classes.

7:49 P.M. - (AP): They haven't quite figured out how yet, but Tulane is going to play football this season.

Students are being allowed to enroll in "nine of the leading higher education associations," according to a statement from Tulane president Scott Cowen. That means the school's athletes will also be able to play sports this fall.

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"We're playing ball," said Scott Sidwell, Tulane's associate athletic director. "Now it's up to us to make it happen."
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Athletic director Rick Dickson and Conference USA commissioner Britton Banowsky began discussing contingency plans for Tulane after the team forced to leave New Orleans because of Hurricane Katrina. The duo flew to Houston on Friday and met with Cowen.

"Until 4 p.m. on Friday," Dickson said, "we didn't know the answer if we could compete in our sports programs."

But a decision was made to get Tulane students in classrooms, and that meant football players, too. The team is currently in Dallas, as guests of Southern Methodist University.

I am with you.

The discussion of Geraldo and Shep is pointless.

People disagree. Can we pleas leave it at that for crying out loud.

I am perplexed about the number of people in the conv center,,I initially heard 3000 and now hearing multiples of that. Does anyone know?

when you write
like that
in little sentences
It reminds me of
My favorite poet
ee cummings

let's pause
for a poetry break

suppose Life is an old man carrying flowers on his head.

young death sits in a cafe smiling, a piece of money held between his thumb and first finger

(i say "will he buy flowers" to you and "Death is young life wears velour trousers life totters, life has a beard" i

say to you who are silent.--"Do you see Life? he is there and here, or that, or this or nothing or an old man 3 thirds asleep, on his head flowers, always crying to nobody something about les roses les bluets yes, will He buy? Les belles bottes--oh hear , pas chères")

and my love slowly answered I think so. But I think I see someone else

there is a lady, whose name is Afterwards she is sitting beside young death, is slender; likes flowers.