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Okay... So the BIG NEW THING right now, ever since half of congress was evidently too preoccupied to PAY ATTENTION to the the President's speech last Tuesday (it WAS Mardi Gras after all), is Twitter, and while I've been on Twitter since about the middle of last year, it wasn't until the last seven days that I got seriously sucked into the vortex of this new way to completely lose all ability to maintain concentration. This wonderful new technology that allows you to pretend like you're doing something meaningful while in reality your twiddling your twittery life away. I even added a second account so I could focus one on promoting my wine and food writing more directly (is that increased focus, or lack thereof?).

So today, on Twitter of course, I was directed to the above segment from Jon Stewart... And THAT seems to be more what Twitter is about than anything else, a new way to create yet another infinite loop... and another... and...

Of course, in the manner of such things, just when I'm ready to dismiss it all, something like THIS comes along!

Happy Mardi Gras - Part Three

There really isn't anything else to say... but thanks to brianoberkirch you can see what it's REALLY about.

Happy Mardi Gras - Part Two

For those that don't grasp the reality of this amazing day (which would be pretty much anyone who hasn't lived through it in one of the intriguing and wonderful places on the planet where they truly celebrate Carnival)... One more time.... It's NOT about "show us your tits!"


Pictures live and direct from New Orleans today via Twitter, and courtesy of pontchatrain


YEAH YOU RIGHT!

Happy Mardi Gras - Part One

Last night I fired up the Safari on Nola.com and the iTunes to WWOZ and watched my favorite Mardi Gras parade... MUSES. I even pulled my Muses official high heel mardi gras beads down from the shelf and wrapped em around my neck.

The reality is that carnival began back at the end of Christmas but for me the celebration of "Mardi Gras Time" begins with the Muses parade. Now I'm here in my home/office struggling to track my way through a day of work (still recovering from the brain fog of a nearly weeklong cold), raise some money, pay some bills, and get some things done... but all I really want to do is be out wandering around on the streets this weekend, watching parades, listening to music, parading with the Indians and basically experiencing that thing that is Mardi Gras.

I'm even tracking a whole collection of folks who are Twittering their Mardi Gras experiences.

I am in party mode and despite the fact that I am in Petaluma and not in The Big Easy...

I WILL have a Happy Mardi Gras!

Y'all do the same!

Happy Valentine's Day!