Mardi Gras is coming!

Here are the Bourbocam, Paradecam and the actual parade schedules. Watch!

(Times are New Orleans time which is Central time.)

Apparently the hosts have been cancelled on the Bourbocam and it looks like it's going to be a cold Mardi Gras this year. 40 degrees.

Friday, February 9
• BourboCam: 6:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.
• ParadeCam: 6:00 p.m. - Til
Saturday, February 10
• BourboCam: 3:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.
• ParadeCam: 1:00 p.m. - Til
Sunday, February 11
• BourboCam: 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
• ParadeCam: Noon - Til
Wednesday, February 14
• ParadeCam: Noon - Til
Thursday, February 15
• ParadeCam: 5:45 p.m. - Til
Friday, February 16
• BourboCam: 3:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.
• ParadeCam: 11:00 a.m. - Til
Saturday, February 17
• BourboCam: 3:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.
• ParadeCam: 11:00 a.m. - Til
Sunday, February 18
• BourboCam: 3:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.
• ParadeCam: 11:00 a.m. - Til
Monday, February 19
• BourboCam: 3:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.
• ParadeCam: 5:15 p.m. - Til
Sunday, February 18
• BourboCam: 10:00 a.m. - Midnight
• ParadeCam: 10:00 a.m. - Til

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9
Orleans / Jefferson
• Oshun - Uptown, 6:00 p.m.
• Pygmalion - Uptown, 7:00 p.m.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10
Orleans / Jefferson
• Pontchartrain - Uptown, 1:00 p.m.
• Shangri-La - Uptown, 2:00 p.m.
• Sparta - Uptown, 6:00 p.m.
• Pegasus - Uptown, 6:45 p.m.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11
Orleans / Jefferson

• Carrollton - Uptown, Noon
• King Arthur - Uptown, 1:15 p.m.
• Barkus - French Quarter, 2:00 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14
• Druids - Uptown, 6:00 p.m.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15
• Babylon - Uptown, 5:45 p.m.
• Chaos - Uptown, 6:30 p.m.
• Muses - Uptown, 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16
Orleans / Jefferson
• Hermes - Uptown, 6:00 p.m.
• d'Etat - Uptown, 6:30 p.m.
• Morpheus - Uptown, 7:45 p.m.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17
• Iris - Uptown, 11:00 a.m.
• Tucks - Uptown, 12:30 p.m.
• Endymion - Uptown, 4:30 p.m.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 18
Orleans / Jefferson
• Okeanos - Uptown, 11:00 a.m.
• Thoth - Uptown, 11:30 a.m.
• Mid-City - Uptown, 2:00 p.m.
• Bacchus - Uptown, 5:15 p.m.

LUNDI GRAS, FEBRUARY 19
• Proteus - Uptown, 5:15 p.m.
• Orpheus - Uptown, 5:45 p.m.

MARDI GRAS, FEBRUARY 20
Orleans / Jefferson
• Zulu - Uptown, 8:00 a.m.
• Rex - Uptown, 10:00 a.m.
• Elks Orleans - Uptown, 11:30 a.m.
• Crescent City - Uptown, follows Elks

What killed the squirrel?

Saw this squirrel as I put the recycling out today. What killed it? Did it fall from the roof, a nearby tree? Or was it hit be car? It wasn't squished, no blood is visible. It looks like it was in flight before it landed on the ground. (The pic should be rotated to the left, sorry.)

The tap in the background is dripping water (to prevent the pipes from freezing). Was there something in the water, something leftover from something that was poured there in warmer weather? Would something the squirrel drank kill it that quickly? So close to what it drank? How does the posture of the squirrel indicate what it died of?

Close call with the water today

After flushing the toilet first thing in the morning, I realized that
the water wasn't filling back up. Then I realized that I had no cold
water. Fearing the pipes had frozen I went downstairs and closed the
door that separates the furnace (boiler really) room from the rest of
the downstairs, a garage used for storage space. (I had been leaving
it open hoping that the heat from it would keep the downstairs warm
and thus keep the upstairs a little warmer too. By the same theory, I
leave it open in the summer so the heat dissipates. Two effects of
the same theory perhaps...) By the time I got back up stairs, a few
seconds, the cold water started flowing again. I was able to take a
shower, etc.

I see that my landlady has got a faucet dripping outside. I would
think her basement would be warm enough to prevent pipes from
freezing but I guess not. (it is big).

Saw a bird go into the bird house after breakfast.

Ah, winter. 11 degrees outside now, not including the wind-chill. The
boiler is coming on every 7 minutes and making the outside smell like
the back of a bus.