caul·dron also cal·dron (kôl’drən) n. 1. A large vessel, such as a kettle or vat, used for boiling. 2. A state or situation of great distress or unrest felt to resemble a boiling kettle or vat: a cauldron of conflicting corporate politics. [Middle English, alteration of cauderon, from Norman French, diminutive of caudiere, cooking pot, from Late Latin caldāria, from feminine of Latin caldārius, suitable for warming, from calidus, warm; see kelə-1 in Indo-European roots.] follow me with twitter if you please or try: flickr see also: iww.tumblr.com Amazon.com Widgets .zg_div {margin:0px 5px 5px 0px; width:117px;} .zg_div_inner {border: solid 1px #000000; background-color:#ffffff; color:#666666; text-align:center; font-family:arial, helvetica; font-size:11px;} .zg_div a, .zg_div a:hover, .zg_div a:visited {color:#3993ff; background:inherit !important; text-decoration:none !important;} zg_insert_badge = function() { var zg_bg_color = 'ffffff'; var zgi_url = 'http://www.flickr.com/apps/badge/badge_iframe.gne?zg_bg_color='+zg_bg_color+'&zg_person_id=33219384%40N05'; document.write(''); if (document.getElementById) document.write('What is this?'); } zg_toggleWhat = function() { document.getElementById('zg_whatdiv').style.display = (document.getElementById('zg_whatdiv').style.display != 'none') ? 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Mardi Gras has nothing on Saints</a>http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/272205224http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/272205224Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:59:23 -0800<object height="245" width="400"><param name="movie" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" value="http://www.wwltv.com/v/?i=69935372" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="AllowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.wwltv.com/v/?i=69935372" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="245" wmode="transparent" width="400"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Stand Up and Get Crunk!</p>http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/268082907http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/268082907Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:31:41 -0800““I can’t imagine there’s another American food item that owes its birth to labor violence,” Dr. Mizell-Nelson said. “That’s the forgotten story.””<br/><br/> - <em><a title="New York Times" target="_blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/11/dining/11unit.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1">New York Times</a> story on the New Orleans culinary masterpiece, the Poboy.</em>http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/249076403http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/249076403Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:01:16 -0800<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/stDWNam7RtE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/stDWNam7RtE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>this is a major Party Foul!</p>http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/231203487http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/231203487Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:15:53 -0800<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksbb7nXNus1qzqd55o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The NOLA Bookfair. I’ll be there representing AK Press.</p>http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/227668621http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/227668621Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:28:35 -0700<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mSPYT9CpYuc&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mSPYT9CpYuc&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Holy Moly</p>http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/219781340http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/219781340Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:47:09 -0700<p><a title="For fuck's sake!" target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/yjhqark">For fuck’s sake!</a> This is one of the most hysterical stories I’ve read in ages. And I mean that literally. <a title="Hysteria." target="_blank" href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hysteria">Hysteria.</a></p>http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/219779629http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/219779629Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:43:59 -0700<img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krqus87htP1qzqd55o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>iRaq</p>http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/216861026http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/216861026Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:21:48 -0700<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krqun0nTDU1qzqd55o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Buster in a box</p>http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/216858572http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/216858572Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:18:40 -0700<p>Is it possible that <a title="this guy" target="_blank" href="http://tinyurl.com/yjbtz4m">this guy</a> has never heard of Barack Obama? I mean, Obama is biracial and it seems that he has been pretty well accepted by blacks and whites generally. And last I heard, about 50% of ALL marriages end in divorce.  Why is it that this kind of blatant racist crap is so prevalent in Louisiana?</p> <p>“I have piles and piles of black friends. They come to my home, I marry them, they use my bathroom. I treat them just like everyone else.”</p> <p>Seriously? Piles and piles. What does that even mean? They’re stacked everywhere? His black friends? He let’s them use his bathroom? Where did that even come from? What is this guy really scared of?</p>http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/214146134http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/214146134Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:16:00 -0700<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krhrlkWyJY1qzqd55o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>T4SJ 20091010 Mission High School</p>http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/212655370http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/212655370Tue, 13 Oct 2009 23:34:36 -0700<a href="http://pandagon.net/index.php/site/comments/harry_connick_jr_schools_aussie_j5_impersonators_performing_in_blackface/">I like Harry Connick Jr</a>http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/207275447http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/207275447Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:11:23 -0700<img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqz3nkDX6Z1qzqd55o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>piles of books</p>http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/203927490http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/203927490Sat, 03 Oct 2009 21:40:36 -0700<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VILd5rkJOfY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VILd5rkJOfY&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>I can play with my bunny in the morning and then eat it for supper.</p>http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/192270739http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/192270739Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:19:14 -0700<img src="http://10.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kphkbqWyq91qzqd55o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>It’s finally out! I was interviewed for this book about two years ago. I’m kinda worried about what I might have said.</p> <p>Oh well, I’m sure it’s all true.</p> <p>;-)</p>http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/180230439http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/180230439Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:50:14 -0700<p>Looks like <a target="_blank" title="pazzomadre" href="http://www.nola.com/hurricane/index.ssf/2009/08/tropical_storm_danny_forms_in.html#4867643">pazzomadre</a> at nola.com had the same thought as me.</p>http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/172286739http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/172286739Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:31:20 -0700<p>Fucks’s sake! - what am i doing here!?</p>http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/168800576http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/168800576Sat, 22 Aug 2009 00:31:47 -0700<p>Just in <a title="case" href="http://jimbuckblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/no-obama-got-little-excited.html" target="_blank">case</a> you weren’t sure.</p>http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/168573605http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/168573605Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:33:28 -0700<a href="http://www.juancole.com/2009/08/bush-admin-worse-than-our-nightmares.html">Jeebus</a>http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/168568396http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/168568396Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:25:38 -0700<img src="http://8.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_koqku0Pj8p1qzqd55o1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>And now Bill is headed for Scotland! Revenge for releasing the evil terrorist to Libya, no doubt!</p>http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/168269928http://cauldron.tumblr.com/post/168269928Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:06:00 -0700