Cliff's Crib

We are living in a fascinating and confusing time. I’ve written about internet comments before. It’s one of my five favorite posts ever. I...

Today was a long work day but I struggled and made it through. I didn’t really sleep at all last night. When I woke up this morning I thoug...

This is my third day of a week’s vacation and I am ready to go back to work. Being a tourist in your own city is overrated. I’ve seen all of...

The city of New Orleans is preparing to have a hospitality zone to generate money for the tourist industry. The particulars are already brok...

Tonight is the first round of the NFL draft. The Saints didn’t have a pick tonight before the bounty stuff started happening so it wasn’t ...

Stacy Head is now the new Councilwoman at large in New Orleans after beating Cynthia Willard Lewis last night by 281 votes. Yesterday was t...

It’s Easter Sunday. I’m not the most religious guy in the world by far but I respect the holiday’s meaning. The best part about Easter growi...

After a few weeks of little rest and hard work I intended on sleeping all day on Good Friday. I’ve been fatigued and wanted to recharge the ...

We live in a complicated world. Because it’s so complicated incidents can get lumped together under common issues when they don’t have to be...

My baby brother just turned 21 years old. I worry about that young man all the time. I have been worried about that kid every day since he t...

I dropped the babies off this morning with their innocence still intact. I was hoping that when I picked them up today I wouldn’t be put in ...

After a week of what seemed like summertime weather today felt like colder than it probably was. I’m not going to complain about the weather...

There are two feelings that I always seem to be fighting away. I struggle with them and they slow my progress down to a crawl. It’s like my ...

It’s been 17 days since my last post. Life is once again winning over blogging. Since I love my readers why not come back on the day of love...

I knew when the New Orleans Police Department started releasing the arrest records of murder victims it was a bad idea. The potential distra...

Yesterday a man named Mike Ainsworth was murdered in New Orleans after trying to defend his neighbor from a carjacker. I would like to sen...

It took a whole week but I am finally ready to accept that the Saints are not going to the Superbowl. It was a heartbreaking lost in San Fra...

Today is the day we celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. I always take the time to recognize his sacrifice along with others to give...

Today was my grandpa’s birthday. He would have been 96 this year. My grandfather was a great family man. He was a World War II veteran in th...

Today was the first real day back at school and work for most people in the new year. That means there was less sleep and more traffic. Ther...