Drove my chevy to the levee, but......

the levee was GONE. Drink until Nagin makes sense.

....Those were a couple of slogans seen in the weekend's parades. Yes, it's carnival time down here--the time of year when, if the weather's cool enough to be driving around town with your windows down, you may find beads tossed into your lap. Or..if you find yourself sitting in your stopped car on the interstate muttering, "Damn. Damn. DAMN! WTF is the problem now?!?!" you may realize that the 'problem' is a parade making its way down the interstate on its way to the staging area.

What do you do as you sit in your stopped car watching floats being driven aong the highway? Do you curse at them for holding you up? Do you give them the finger (as many do to the poor innocent guys repairing the roads)? Hell, no! Just roll down your windows, stick out your hand and yell, "Throw me something, Mister!" :) OK, the floats are unmanned since they are being pulled down the highway, but....the truck driver is usually well supplied and more than willing to throw you sumpin'.

Anywho....the parades are rolling, the beads are flying, and people are trying to decide if having Mardi Gras this year is a good thing or a bad thing. Good = money for New Orleans and the state. Bad = seeing all the people out of camera range in New Orleans working so hard to rebuild their homes and lives.

The theme of our city's big parade, which is the Spanish Town Parade (http://www.spanishtownparade.com), was -- “FEMAture Evacuation.” Lots of FEMA blue being used on parade floats here and in NOLA. People are even wearing blue tarps. :)

Check this link for a smile:
http://www.mardigrascostumepics.com/katrina_costumes.shtml

Oh, well! So goes it down on the bayou. HAPPY LUNDI GRAS, Y'ALL!