Mardi Gras is really just about to start and suddenly I’m excited about Jazz Fest.  I’m not even that big of a Jazz Fest fan.  They just introduced the 2008 lineup and it is incredible.  They always say that they have the best artists ever, but this year they really mean it.  There are so many people that I want to go see.  It is an absolutely incredible year.  It’s too bad that the price of tickets went up another $5.

It used to be common knowledge that to win the lottery, you had to buy a ticket.  No longer.  Now you can just be stupid, or figure out how to blame someone else who’s richer than you.  It’s not amazing that a lot of people, companies, and local governments sued the Corps of Engineers.  It is, however, legendary when you sue them for 3 quadrillion dollars.  That’s about 60 times the Gross world product (GDP for the world).  You could probably buy the entire Earth with that sum of money.  This of course coming from some anonymous ass who lives a couple hours north-west of New Orleans (not even affected by the Corps’ levees).  So good luck collecting your money.

Times Picayune article