tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4033796093629319412024-03-06T00:39:58.559-06:00. . . Renee ClaireRenee Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17630553088725359675noreply@blogger.comBlogger324125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403379609362931941.post-36997164664407346692012-09-20T11:25:00.000-05:002012-09-20T11:25:00.209-05:00You're Welcome
I like to think this is because I post much about Rachel Maddow . . . oh wait shit I post about Fresh Air a lot. hmm . . will have to recalculate my influence over the world.
Renee Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17630553088725359675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403379609362931941.post-24112178169358511042012-09-14T08:52:00.000-05:002012-09-14T08:52:03.086-05:00Don't Forget . .
I have a new blog!
For the Love Of Politics, Coffee and Louisiana. Check it out
Renee Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17630553088725359675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403379609362931941.post-16293129660631615282012-08-17T23:46:00.001-05:002012-08-18T01:12:08.584-05:00Just a Dream
" Everyone was treated on an equal basis
No matter what color, religion or races
We weren't afraid to show our faces
It was cool to chill in foreign places"
I love Run DMC
So . . . there's a Presidential election in just a couple weeks. And I love it! I always forget how much I really really love elections. I hate it as much as I love it but at the same time it's just society. This is Renee Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17630553088725359675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403379609362931941.post-80721948523624332772012-08-01T15:56:00.002-05:002012-08-01T15:56:54.700-05:00And That's the Way We Do It
Thanks EC!
besides the obvious, my favorite is the "please, no phone calls about this job" after putting their phone number as one of the first things in the post.
DOWN SOUTH PARANORMAL RESEARCH (LOUISIANA)
Date: 2012-07-29, 9:14AM CDT
Reply to: g8sqr-3170234433@job.craigslist.org [Errors when replying to ads?]
Need An Investigation Done? We Investigate Residential/Commerical. Renee Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17630553088725359675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403379609362931941.post-118165575699240032012-07-27T16:47:00.000-05:002012-07-27T18:19:25.976-05:00They're Hubig to Fail
"One of the firemen said we put the fire out with our tears."
To everyone's disbelief Hubig's pies burned to the ground this morning. Every last pie is already off the shelves and we are waiting for the day they are back. Owners said they will rebuild and I don't doubt for a second everyone is this city will help them do so.
Renee Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17630553088725359675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403379609362931941.post-6633017459062303272012-07-27T14:49:00.002-05:002012-07-27T14:49:14.315-05:00No White Flags!
'Rebirth' was unveiled today at the Superdome. A statue representing one of the best plays in Saints history executed by Steve Gleason of the New Orleans Saints against the Atlanta Falcons (boom!) on September 25, 2006. It was the first game the Saints played in the Superdome following Hurricane Katrina and over a year on the road.
Here is the team photo from today. All good things are Renee Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17630553088725359675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403379609362931941.post-76430745910375330772012-07-23T22:19:00.001-05:002012-07-23T22:19:24.939-05:00"Only Bad Writers Think Their Writing is Good"
An amazing list of lists of advice from writers on writing.
reminder: this blog is now only for crap like the above and below and for links to web pages I like but won't ever remember I like unless I put them somewhere like for instance here on this blog not the other blog, but for something a bit more thoughtful check out For the Love of Coffee, Politics and Louisiana.
Renee Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17630553088725359675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403379609362931941.post-2848477567807128782012-07-17T11:19:00.000-05:002012-07-17T11:19:15.603-05:00More Fresh Air
If you are part of the Cabrini Breakfast Club, you hear me say this every morning. I'm getting rid of my smartphone! My brain feels overwhelmed with technology and people and things talking to me. I need a break. So I'm doing two things, going to cafes at night sans smartphone and laptop to read and write (no I can't do that home because I will watch Pretty Little Liars instead) and two taking aRenee Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17630553088725359675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403379609362931941.post-9725737449038528652012-07-15T15:02:00.000-05:002012-07-15T15:02:04.831-05:00Sing It!
"You can't be an anti-immigrant bigot and love this country. The statue of liberty won't let you"
Sing it!
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses, yearning to breath free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,
Send these, the homeless, tempest tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.
Renee Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17630553088725359675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403379609362931941.post-5860695355186907482012-07-15T11:30:00.002-05:002012-07-15T11:30:12.630-05:00Its a good weekend to end a bad week
I don't know what went on last week but it was rough. The heat, the grumpiness, the shootings, the rapes, the robberies, the beatings, the bad coffee. I felt like everyone was having a bad week. Thank goodness for the weekend! And a great one.
Breesus is back!
I got a new rug!
I think I found a new couch I love that can still be used as a guest bed!
Yesterday was spent finding a great new Renee Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17630553088725359675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403379609362931941.post-61176527935501863852012-07-06T10:34:00.001-05:002012-07-06T10:34:40.356-05:00When Did I Become the Oldest in the Room
I remember when I was by far the youngest person at work, not just because my mom had me in the office after every school day, holiday and in the summer from when I was in diapers, but even at restaurants. I recently picked up one shift in a friends cafe to start learning the business side of running a cafe, but first I'm spending a month in the front of the house finding out how the operation Renee Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17630553088725359675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403379609362931941.post-69106310980450331652012-07-01T11:27:00.001-05:002012-07-01T11:27:46.601-05:00And By Week I Mean Day
Let me know what you think.
I've moved my blog over to Wordpress, see post below for the details, but click above to start reading. Renee Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17630553088725359675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403379609362931941.post-40966344528653176012012-06-30T15:02:00.000-05:002012-06-30T15:02:31.673-05:00New Website on the Way
I've been at this same little blogspot for almost five years, but I'm in the process of expanding what I'm doing here and will be moving to Wordpress shortly. I have a couple reasons for this:
I want to get spiffy. I want a new look that Blogger isn't providing. Something more magazine layout style. I think I've found a good template that you will be happy with.
I want to expand my Renee Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17630553088725359675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403379609362931941.post-26429981838990793322012-06-29T12:27:00.000-05:002012-06-29T13:09:18.239-05:00Friday Morning Listening
Thank you Joss Stone Pandora station.
Ain't No Sunshine - Buddy Guy and Tracy Chapman
These Arms of Mine - Ottis Redding
The House of the Rising Sun - Tracy Chapman
Right to be Wrong - Joss Stone
Try a Little Tenderness - Ottis Redding
Summertime - Joss Stone and LeAnn Rhimes (because its become difficult to remember that LeAnn Rhimes is actually an incredible singer, remember Blue?Renee Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17630553088725359675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403379609362931941.post-58959362073601988242012-06-28T12:37:00.000-05:002012-06-30T14:35:57.580-05:00Social Entrepreneurship
Business is often thought of, in the United States anyway, as a clear path to putting money in your pocket or the pockets of whoever is in charge of said business. And it is, but I believe we have forgotten as a country the other benefits of entrepreneuralism outside of profit making, such as providing jobs, enabling infrastructure growth, and providing access to health care in the form of the Renee Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17630553088725359675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403379609362931941.post-75590489547973977522012-06-25T14:00:00.001-05:002012-06-25T14:00:09.594-05:00Language is Yours for the Making
Just found this amazing letter from C.S. Lewis to a child fan who wrote him a letter asking for writing advice. It's like he is reading all those long winded, whiny, nonprofit emails demanding we strongly care about their issues while excluding the many everyday people perspectives and instead choosing to speak like a hostage in a political science office of a higher education institution with Renee Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17630553088725359675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403379609362931941.post-68140322424512053282012-06-25T10:29:00.003-05:002012-06-25T10:33:48.967-05:00Fresh Air
I love Fresh Air with Terri Gross as you already know since I often link back to interviews of hers. Here is another one with Louis C.K. I know very little about him and after listening to this interview tried to watch his show, which I got maybe 3 minutes into and turned it off. But nonetheless this is a great interview. He talks about writing about serious issues, in particular a suicide Renee Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17630553088725359675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403379609362931941.post-83038554466276165692012-06-20T08:04:00.001-05:002012-06-20T08:04:26.482-05:00Protest Comes in Many Forms
I just found this amazing website targeting the Prime Minister of Canada. Every two weeks (on Monday) a writer sends a letter to the Prime Minister suggesting a book that he should be reading. Here is an excerpt about why . . .
"I was thinking about that, about stillness, and I was also thinking,
more prosaically, about arts funding, not surprising since we fifty
artists were there in the Renee Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17630553088725359675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403379609362931941.post-1352176716996631932012-06-14T11:07:00.001-05:002012-06-14T11:07:20.203-05:00So What If I'm Suppose to Be Working
. . . its national Bourbon Day!!!
I can drink Bourbon and get a whole bunch of writing done. Actually, no I can't, but I can dream about drinking bourbon while I get a whole bunch of writing done today.
Also, I made awesome sangria yesterday with Frangelico and Grand Marnier, strawberries, blueberries, kiwi, and peaches along with Barefoot Savignon Blanc and Moscoto white wine. Wow. . .Renee Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17630553088725359675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403379609362931941.post-39825329794384718592012-06-13T15:04:00.000-05:002012-06-13T15:04:02.674-05:00And There Goes the Reporters
Just wanted to share with you an interesting article in the Atlantic about the dismantling of New Orleans' paper Times Picayune, which is a damn good paper and not just by Louisiana standards. Its competitive to almost any other major city paper on content, but looks at what it gets to report on. Highest murder rate in the country, highest prisoner rate in the world, best artists, biggest fuck Renee Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17630553088725359675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403379609362931941.post-73515904152594819022012-06-12T13:00:00.001-05:002012-06-12T13:00:06.824-05:009 Year Old Shames School Into Better Lunches
by writing a daily blog with photos of her lunches and then rates each meal. The revolution will be blogged by the kids. Even Jamie Oliver mentioned her. Renee Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17630553088725359675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403379609362931941.post-32727316172885634212012-06-11T10:34:00.003-05:002012-06-11T10:34:59.342-05:00New Drinking and Sitting Nooks at 1230Renee Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17630553088725359675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403379609362931941.post-44473464495899122372012-06-09T08:16:00.000-05:002012-06-09T08:16:48.917-05:00Dog is Not God Spelled Backwards
It's a direct translation of "shut the fuck up". Georgia has picked up the habit of loudly barking at me when she wants food, a walk, a belly rub, Beau to play with her, me to stop working at the computer, or when she wants to climb on my lap and pretend she is a 7 pound Shitz Shu. It's really annoying. I'm just letting her bark until she gets tired and walks away. It's helping but in the mean Renee Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17630553088725359675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403379609362931941.post-62559788710021419692012-06-07T19:50:00.002-05:002012-06-07T19:50:18.505-05:00New Books and New Chairs
I just transported nearly a hundred books from my moms house this week. Boxes and boxes of books that I had collected in high school, college, and while traveling. I need two new bookcases to store these all. I think I should open up a library in my house with the hundreds and hundreds that I have collected over the years.
I read a new one while in Montreal called The Power of Habit. It breaks Renee Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17630553088725359675noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-403379609362931941.post-72706219032754444302012-06-01T10:02:00.002-05:002012-06-01T10:07:15.090-05:00No Sleep . . .
Till Florida!
Got home last night from Montreal, had a couple drinks at JJ's (love you trashy bar begging for a lawsuit), and was finally in bed snuggling with Georgia by midnight. Woke up at 6am, dug through my still packed luggage replacing the dirtiest clothes, switched out my books and magazines, walked the boxer around the block and hopped into a cab for another flight. Arrived at airport Renee Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17630553088725359675noreply@blogger.com0