By: biggusrickus

biggusrickus — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:16:41 +0000

Thanks for the kind words. I was actually going to take down that really awful Mohr article with the first post, but I couldn’t find it and settled on Forde’s. I probably was a little harsh. I just find a lot of human interest pieces really annoying. I’m sure it won’t be the last time I overreact to a decent enough article.

By: John W

John W — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:40:13 +0000

I found your website from EDSBS. I think you are doing a great job with the critiques. Funny stuff, especially for the way you point out the butchering of the English language (all too common these days). I liked your piece here about Forde’s article, but as someone from New Orleans I have to say that you were a little harsh on him. The downtown/hotel area was largely unscathed by Katrina (the Hyatt excepted) and many of the people who live here depend on the hotels, Dome, convention center, and tourism in general for employment (sad, but true). Having the Superdome repaired and the national championship game were very important to us especially having the Tigers come to town. All sports are nothing more than a momentary diversion from real life, but for those few hours we do forget about our problems (at least the sports fans, but there was the same effect for those who count Mardi Gras or JazzFest as such a diversion). Keep up the good work, and although I’m more of a college football fan (Geaux Tigers!) this still gives me goosebumps. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDWndjwEamQ

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