Mardi Gras is coming up. Can't wait. It's been awhile for me. Anyone I know who will be in N.O. and will want to hang out, let me know. The Vieux parade already went by my house. That's the only parade that's allowed to go through the Quarter. My bro had a bunch of Louisiana and New Orleans history books lying around when I arrived here and I poured through them all. I can't remember when in my life I've actually read 4 books in one month. No money, with nothing to do, can do that to a person, I suppose. Common themes throughout Louisiana history:
1. Racism
2. Extreme Political corruption
3. Bad financial ventures
4. Mosquitoes/Yellow fever
5. Slave labor of the Irish for canal building- African Slaves were too valuable a property to have them die so often and there were always new Micks off the boats daily.
6. Biblical Flooding
7. Excessive violence, drinking and drug use
8. Music and Theatric hub of the South
9. Awesome food
10. Cypress Trees, Sugar, Cotton, ...and later Rice then Oil.
Today the largest industry is Tourism.