A Times-Pic article, City of Heroes Character "Twixt" Becomes Game's Most Hated Outcast Courtesy of Loyola Professor, describes David Myers' research with "griefing" his fellow players and being hated for it in an online game. The article is okay, but what's unusual is the level of information and true debate in the 100+ comments.

Usually, nola.com comments aren't too great -- too often ending up in pointless sniping over race relations or city corruption. Bleh.

You have to have some interest in online gaming, or at least in social interaction, but if you do, check it out!

I've been thinking about all the bad restaurants outside New Orleans that supposedly feature "Cajun" or "New Orleans-style" cuisine. In my experience, 90% of them wouldn't know a Cajun from a redneck from a southern belle. I've had fun in the past, actually, ordering food claiming "New Orleans spices," just to see how very wrong the kitchens got it.

And boy, do they get it wrong.

Here are my top choices for Cajun/Creole food staples so abused by clueless chefs that New Orleanians traveling outside our city should view them as red flags to be avoided, rather than promises of home.

Starting Monday, July 6, the Canal streetcars will be replaced by buses while working repair underground feeder cables damaged during Hurricane Katrina. The estimate of "eight weeks" is no doubt optimistic.

New Orleans' streets are named for all manner of people, places, and things. Here's a reference guide to New Orleans street names, their origins, and their special meaning for the people of this town.