Cliff's Crib

Friday I was headed back to my car after dropping off some papers for work. I walked past this older lady and told her good morning. She sai...

Yesterday evening I was sitting on my sofa going over a few data reports for work when my text message alert went off. It was my friend send...

Life these days can be confusing for a person that thinks the way I do. My code in life is that your actions have to match your words. Somet...

I’m watching the Philadelphia Eagles play the Atlanta Falcons right now. This is the first time Michael Vick has played in Atlanta since he ...

Tomorrow morning at 10:00 AM the city of New Orleans will host a crime summit hosted by Mayor Mitch Landrieu. It’s called the “Saving ...

Tomorrow night the Saints play the Green Bay Packers to open the NFL season. I’m not going to kid myself into thinking this is a good way ...

This post is dedicated to Geraldine 9/26/32 to 8/29/2005. I'll never be over it but I'll keep moving forward. Long live the Lower ...

On August 25, 2011 this blog made 7 years old. I'm old school. I'm a veteran. I've been posting a long time. You get the idea. ...

Unless LSU has been hiding something for the last few years I feel comfortable in saying that Jordan Jefferson is a good kid. Nevertheless...

New Orleans City Councilman at Large Arnie Fielkow is stepping down to move to Chicago. He’s going to be the president of the NBA Retire...

I am a college football junkie. I'm one of those guys that watches ESPN U for signing day and follows the recruiting websites. I used ...

School is in full swing around these parts. The little kids are going back to school and the big kids are going off to college. I had a talk...

On Saturday I went down to the beach in Mississippi. I can’t say that was our end of summer event but it might as well be since school is st...

On the way in to work this morning I was listening to a discussion on the radio about private sector jobs versus government jobs. According ...

I’ ve been following the debt ceiling debate and I keep hearing everyone talking about all the spending we are doing as a country. It’s sup...

A young man who I consider a brother and friend was just became principal of his own school in Mississippi. He’s coming a long way from the ...

For the past few weeks at the intersection of Downman Road and Chef Mentuer Highway in New Orleans there’s an old school sight. A young man ...

It might be an understatement to say that so far 2011 has been my best year from an attitude standpoint. I haven’t been a happy person. I th...

The feeling of not wanting to be around people can hit me at the wrong times. The latest episode of that came this weekend which is messed u...