Baby, It's Cold Inside
In the mid-1990's, the idea that minor league hockey could attract crowds in north Louisiana must have seemed presposterous. Now, as we apprach 2010, the local hockey club in in its thirteenth season and is simply part of the community. It is fair and accurate to say that the beautiful arena on the banks of the Red River simply would not exist if minor pro hockey had not come to town. The availability of a primary tenant was the catalyst for the construction of the building, which has been a tremendous community asset.

Thanks For All the Confusion
The infant nephew brought his entourage to town and created a little confusion in the holiday home. We had a beautiful blended family Thanksgiving. My father came to my mother-in-law’s house for the festivities and left well-fed but a little befuddled.

Fighting Holiday Boredom with Medical Mayhem and the Friendly Skies
The holidays have officially arrived. I know it to be so because I went with the women to the Christmas tree farm. With the exception of The Year of Insanity when my wife bought some kind of artificial monstrosity, we have visited the same tree farm since the kids were little. This is the earliest we’ve

Rolling Around in Circles
We found ourselves at an eerie cultural crossroads as we were somehow compelled to attend a (seriously) roller derby event on a November Saturday night.Throughout the day, in anticipation of this event, I refused to tell my wife where we were going or what we would be doing. I said to her, “We have something to do tonigh

A Beautiful Evening on the Bayou
(Baton Rouge)- The weather was spectacular for LSU's homecoming game against Louisiana Tech. From the Tigers' perspective, that's about the most positive spin on the whole evening. A week after LSU's enthusiasm-sapping loss to Alabama, Death Valley seemed appropriately named for the wrong reasons. There was just no life in the