New Orleans

I don't have much to say this time, except my heart goes out to the people suffering from the Hurricane Katrina disaster. Some of the stories are truly heart breaking, like the man from Biloxi, Mississippi, who lost his wife after they lost grasps of each other. She told him, "You can't hold me . . . Take care of the kids and the grandkids."

No event has affected me this much since 9/11.

This one hits me personally because I lived in New Orleans for about 10 years. In fact, our house was less than a few miles from the levee. New Orleans has so much history and culture, and there is a lot of people I know who are still living in the city.

But there are many organizations where people can offer their help:

Network For Good

I hope everyone over there is safe and doing OK, and they ought to know that the world is watching and cares.

Movie Pic of the Month

"To quote from Whitman:
'O me! O life! . . . Of the questions of these recurring
Of the endless trains of the faithless--of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?'
Answer.
That you are here--that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.
That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.
What will your verse be?"

- John Keating, Dead Poets Society