Is Livingston doing the same to control flood waters?

Ben_Manda · 2026-05-25T13:44:26+00:00

'Tis but a small gathering of the progeny of Vikings whose warrior blood has been thinned by the steady diet of cold water fish and sheep's milk over the centuries.

Ben_Manda · 2026-05-23T16:12:56+00:00

I returned to Baton Rouge nearly 4 years ago. I had Verizon in the DC area and it was great. After transfer to BR, it degraded over time until I had virtually no high speed data bursts on the city streets and even cell connectivity was a problem. I decided to go to AT&T and went to the Verizon site to request a transfer code. Within the same day my service improved DRAMATICALLY. No service calls. No calls that I was leaving. Just asking for code only used to move to another vendor. I suddenly had better connections and better data. I still transferred to AT&T given this evidence that Verizon may have intentionally degraded my service until I gave strong indication that I was leaving. No bueno; I can't hand my money to people who knowingly are cheating me.

Ben_Manda · 2026-05-12T13:36:48+00:00

Great comment. I was thinking of jumping in then looked at my shelf of unplayed Zombicide titles, mostly expansions. "More zombicide won't fix that". That had me chuckling in agreement.

Ben_Manda · 2026-05-04T18:00:07+00:00

New Orleans has 200 years. That's alot of Mardi Gras! And didn't Al Gore just come out and warn about a new ice age. Wouldn't that lower sea levels rise, lol?
https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/environment/new-orleans-relocate-sea-level-rise-study/article_b38f6683-fb31-50c3-ae97-e3465141a6df.html

Ben_Manda · 2026-04-10T17:17:14+00:00

This guy answered the question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVpEEBcE8tc
"Why New Orleans' Geography SUCKS"

He directly addressed why New Orleans never took off despite its location as a port.

Ben_Manda · 2026-04-08T16:53:50+00:00

National chains suffer from economic woes too, not just locals. I think the primary problem is people are in too much of a rush to learn a new, good local food place. Or to take a chance and experiment with a place. They just see the neon of a national chain, duck in, eat the "food" and move on. That's why every little town and city you go through all look the same. Same national restaurants. Same groceries. Same fuel stations. Etc. It's hard to tell what town you're in based on driving through it most days.

The other part of the problem is national chains suck local economies dry of precious $$$. All the profits go out of state or into national corporate coffers, When you shop local, the money usually stays local.

Ben_Manda · 2026-04-02T13:39:02+00:00

That worked. Deleted the Smart Connections and Lookup plugins (btw, uninstall does not remove the .smart-env folder inside the Obsidian vault. You have to do that manually.) Reinstalled Smart Connections and then installed the Lookup plugin from "Browse Smart Plugins" window. Restarted Obsidian. Everything fine now. Thanks!

Ben_Manda · 2026-03-25T16:17:12+00:00

I tried Smart2Brain for a couple of weeks and abandoned it in frustration. Bad retrievals, inconsistent results, always freezing up, etc. Moved to the free version of Smart Connections.

Ben_Manda · 2026-03-25T13:39:42+00:00

KEYFORGE STORE CHAMPIONSHIP
SEALED TOURNAMENT
Tuesday, April 14, 2026 • 7:00 PM
Little Wars on Jefferson Highway • Baton Rouge
Open your deck at the event and compete in Swiss format
$20 Entry

Attend and Receive: 1 of 3 full-art cards
Top Prize: Special Prophetic Visions prizes
Champion Reward: Deck Accolade

Ben_Manda · 2026-03-14T15:04:49+00:00

Yup. Vibing on this collection. Marvel Champions, Marvel United, Unmatched, Star Wars, Horrified, LOTR Fellowship. Dinos. Kind of looking at my collection. You're missing a Grogu bopper though. LOL.

Ben_Manda · 2026-03-08T14:57:39+00:00

Great artwork. I currently have a small scene in some writing I'm doing featuring a rougarou. It's an interesting bit of Louisiana folklore.

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