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No Smoking in New Orleans

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NEW ORLEANS (Gazette) — A NO SMOKING ban takes effect in 90 days in casinos and bars in New Orleans. Mayor Mitch Landrieu signed the ordinance today. Some smokers are not happy with the new rules.

NEW ORLEANS (Gazette) — PLUS, I promised my readers to install segments of my 2015 New Orleans Mardi Gras experience. I wish that I had an old-school manual typewriter because that is what we used when I started writing as a “cub reporter” for newspapers in the Big Easy. Meanwhile, I have a question for alimentary canal experts. I want to know if the potency of jalapeno peppers is still “hot, hot, hot” once it passes through the intestines?

TMI??: At the movies yesterday, I used some of those theater jalapeno peppers on a personal pan pizza. My tongue and lips burned a “good” 15 minutes. Last night at home, my stomach started burning up. In the latrine, I had a blow-out from my posterior. My rear-end burned for 7 minutes. Do peppers maintain their potent heat even after going through the digestive tract? Is that even scientifically possible?

Where does the job of the digestive tract end (finito) after doing its job? In other words, what is the final destination of the digestive tract elements after the job is done?

Digestive track EXIT.

Digestive track EXIT.

Also, I am sure that today we are all following the news about Bobbi Kristina Brown. This is so eerie!! She was found unconscious over the weekend in a bathtub very similarly to how her mother, Whitney Houston, was in 2012. As of this writing, she is still in an induced coma. Her family has been advised to expect the worst.

I have seen quite a few movies about the NAZI death camps, and read much about them. I will never get used to the horror. The world is honoring 70 years since the Russian army entered the Nazi Auschwitz death camp to end the German reign of death there. I keep all of those who suffered and died there in my prayers.

Sarah Palin For President

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NEW ORLEANS (Gazette) — I wish that Sarah Palin would run for president. It would make an interesting race.

I will play a salute on my trumpet to Sarah Palin. Hail to the chief!

Ferdie Werdie

Ferdie Werdie

Ferdie Surely Can Dance

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Here is a picture of me dancing at the Bottom Line Beach Club outside of New Orleans. Do you see those excellent dance steps? I am truly CUTTING THE RUG.

Ferdie, you sure can dance!

Ferdie, you sure can dance!

Rosemary Church CNN

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NEW ORLEANS (Gazette) — CNN anchorperson Rosemary Church “liked” my tweet below. I sent the tweet to her in response to her tweet reminding her fans that her show, CNN International, was upcoming. I am watching her show right now as I write. I was drawn to her show in the beginning because I was studying if it was broadcast from across the ocean. Her accent is so lovely that I googled to learn the history of her accent. I was surprised to discover that the show is actually broadcast from Atlanta.

In the photo below, I am seen performing Auld Lang Syne at the turn of midnight on New Year’s Eve. There are party-goers singing along with me as we bring in the new year.

Ferdie performing for fans.

Ferdie performing for fans.

I Sang at the Beach Club

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NEW ORLEANS (Gazette) — Over the weekend, I sang a little bit background while my brother-in-law’s band played at the Bottom Line Beach Club outside of New Orleans. The clip below is blurry, but you can hear my voice in the background singing #CAROLYN near the end of the video in dedication to my aunt and uncle.

With all of the tragic news that we heard from around the world this weekend, I was happy to see the picture of this lovely runway model below. So, there is something fine going on today.

I like this picture.
runway

You might just laugh at Nicolle Kidman’s below video. While guesting on the Jimmy Fallon Show, Nicole Kidman said that her worst date ever was a date with Jimmy Fallon years ago. Kidman’s story totally embarrassed Fallon.

Also, it took a minute for me to see what was funny about the tweetpic below. However, once I realized that is a real boy who climbed into the freezer I had a good laugh.

My Aunt Berenice Delery

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NEW ORLEANS (Delery Gazette) — From an article entitled CREOLE BEAUTIES OF THE 1940S & 1950S at the CreoleGen website a family friend found this picture and story about my Aunt Berenice Delery Moret, my dad’s sister. The picture and story are amazing to me. I sure would like to share it here with my readers.

The CREOLEGEN story said:
Pretty Berenice Delery was pictured in the Xavier Herald of December 1945 when she was a sophomore in the College of Liberal Arts. As a native New Orleanian, she lived at 1906 Annette Street with her parents, Ferdinand Delery, Sr., Beatrice Patterson Delery and several siblings. While at Xavier, she was an active member of the Sodality of Our Lady and one of the ranking students of her class. She married Mr. William Rouege. After his death, she became the wife of Mr. Calvin Moret of New Orleans.

Berenice Delery

Berenice Delery

Sources: The Louisiana Weekly, 27 Feb. 1942 p.4+ 05 August 1944 p.4 + 13 Oct. 1945 p.1; 05 Nov. 1949 p. 1+ 13 Nov. 1954 p.1+ 01 Sept. 1956 p.1; Xavier Herald, Xavier University Archives & Special Collections, Dec. 1944 p. 6+ Dec. 1945 p .5; Ancestry.com (census records, etc).

Obama is a Monkey says Korea

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NEW ORLEANS (Gazette) — No you didn’t? Yes they did. The N. Koreans say that President Obama is a monkey. Amidst mounting threats of sanctions from the U.N. for human rights violations, the N. Koreans have verbally attacked Obama and S.Korean President Park Geun-Hye whom they called a whore.

I was too surprised to see on CNN News on Tuesday night quotes from N. Korea calling President Barack Obama a monkey, and S. Korea’s President Park Geun-hye a whore and a prostitute.

President Barack Obama

President Barack Obama


I do not think that Presidents Obama and Park will stoop to being swayed by N. Korea’s vitriolic use of such childish language. However, in a related story, the United Nations plans to file human rights charges against N. Korea and wants to see Kim Jong Un in handcuffs being led away to prison. My only question is: how will they get past Kim Jong Un’s nuclear arsenal in order to slap a pair of handcuffs on the lunatic’s wrists?

Update: Below is a translation of part of the article. It is a picture of the Korean news piece which does not display the whole story. The translator left some particularly difficult phrases in the original Korean. My hope is that I will soon find an upgraded translation of the whole article.
2014-05-09 at 10.50.06 PM, the translator said:
In the KCNA editorial quoting the North Koreans, we see the same language used as the North Koreans heat up their sexist attacks on Presidents Obama and Park. – See more at: http://freekorea.us/2014/05/07/really-north-korea-called-president-obama-a-wicked-black-monkey/#sthash.aXa5gTcN.dpuf

This is only part of the photograph.

This is only part of the photograph.

Sophia Loren Eyes Jayne Mansfield

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NEW ORLEANS (by Ferdie Werdie) — What? Do you remember this picture from our past? Jayne Mansfield used to dress provocatively publicly in order to attrack attention from the media. I would say that her tactics worked just fine and dandy here. Sophia Loren was having a quiet, pleasant dinner until Mansfield “attacked” her table.

This is the full picture of the incident. Jayne Mansfield did not exactly dress in a child-friendly manner in public. My warning would be to put all women and children to bed (well, at least all children) once Mansfield entered the vicinity.

Sophia Loren eyeballs Jayne Mansfield.

Sophia Loren eyeballs Jayne Mansfield.

Saints’ #WhoDAT Purgatory

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NEW ORLEANS (by Ferdie Werdie) — I have doubted the New Orleans Saints for many weeks now; and predicted 8 straight losses. However, #Purgatory? Do I deserve #Saints Purgatory? That is what Who Dats are saying. I guess what goes around, comes around. I am now on “bended knee,” reciting the Catholic “Mea Culpa” prayer of penance. Yes, it is MY FAULT. I confess that I doubted the Saints. Through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous fault! However, I am wearing my black-and-gold pajamas right now; and I promise to wear them every night this week.

My sentence: A Who Dat named Joan told me, “Not so fast!!! The gates are closed to you!!! To gain entry you must 1st go to purgatory & remain there until you are deemed worthy to again be counted in that #! The SAINTS don’t like DAT!”

Cheerleaders

Saints Cheerleaders

Butter Beans and Turkey Necks

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NEW ORLEANS (by Ferdie Werdie) — I needed a change this morning for breakfast. So, I cooked a pot of butter beans and turkey necks. Now, I am good and full. I am ready to go out into this mean, cruel world with a full stomach. Hahaha… You know, it is important to have energy in your bones. I gave up New Orleans po’boys for a while. My ankles and legs swelled up over the weekend. Someone told me that too much French bread is not good for one’s blood pressure. My pressure must have shot up over the weekend because I have been enjoying too many po’boy sandwiches.

Many Saudi and Muslim women are required to wear head-to-toe hijabs. The public is not allowed to even see their eyes. What would the Taliban make of this picture?

In U.S.

In U.S.

My point? I compare the 2 pictures, and wonder who is correct.

Across the pond in Middle East.

Across the pond in Middle East.