My sister Geina had a healty baby boy this afternoon. As of my last phone call home he didn’t have a name, but I’m sure they’ll get that sorted out soon.
Say hello to…Â No Name.
Monthly Archives: April 2006
The French Quarter… really, it is.
Kimberly Williamson Butler is running for Mayor of New Orleans. The header of her website features a photo of said fair city… oh wait. Look closer at that background!
This is most definetly Disneyland’s New Orleans Square, home of the Pirates of the Caribbean, The Blue Bayou, and Club 33… right here in Anaheim, CA. I’ve spent many hours standing in line for my clam chowder at the Royal Street Varanda directly behind where Ms. Butler is standing. Damn politicians.
(via boingboing.net)
Update: Disney Looking Into Butler’s Unauthorized Use of Photo NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Disneyland is looking into a New Orleans mayoral candidate’s unauthorized use of a photo of its theme park on a campaign Web site. Criminal district Court Clerk Kimberly Williamson Butler’s Web site features the photo, which shows a portion of the California park that resembles the French Quarter. A Disney public relations official says the matter has been referred to the park’s legal department. Butler appears in the foreground of the photo, but it is not clear whether her image was simply superimposed on the scene by the Web site designer. Butler has not said why the photo was chosen instead of an authentic New Orleans cityscape. Butler is among 23 candidates running for mayor of New Orleans in elections this month. She has made news recently for being arrested on contempt of court charges and for comparing herself to Ghandi and Nelson Mandela after being released from jail last month. The arrest stemmed from her refusal to transfer authority for the cleanup of the court’s hurricane-flooded property room to an outside judge who was appointed to take on that task by the state Supreme Court.
Just a few updates
I’ve been knee deep in so many projects that I thought I’d never be able to get back here for an update. But I’m taking some time out this afternoon to make sure you’re all informed.
Things around here are interesting and boring all at the same time. I’m about 99.9% moved into my new apartment. It’s the same size as my old one in the same complex, it’s just been renovated a bit and it’s on the second floor. Those of you who’ve been reading a while might remember that the first floor hasn’t been so good to me. So that’s going well…
Work is picking up like crazy, I’ve got more events than I know what to do with. It’s fun, but a little stressful. Some are big, some are small, but they all seem to be challenging me quite a bit. Also a new project has hit my plate rather unexpectedly. It’s one of those that I can’t give details about online, but it’s a fun brain twister that I’m having a good time with. This special project alone has called for some pretty late nights.
Lets see, what else? Oh, Janey’s new roomie is all moved in and they did a much better job of cleaning up after the move then I did. I’m still living out of crates, bins, and boxes. I imagine I will be till it’s time to do laundry.
And I think that’s it. I know it’s a short update, but hey… at least I’m doing it!
There is real magic here.
Today, while digging into some past events for research, I ran across an email that I sent on April 2nd of last year. The timeliness of me finding this almost exactly one year from the day it was written is purely coincidence. I just sort of tripped on it while combing through an archived file.
To set this up, let me fill you in on just a bit of background. This was written to a client who had been through a bit of a ringer. She had tried to get a hold of someone at Disneyland about planning an event for her family. She was given a runaround and basically got the feeling, from whoever she spoke to, that her small group just wasn’t worth the time. This makes my blood boil, but I won’t elaborate on it now…
To make a long story short, she made a bit of a stink (rightly so, might I add) and caught the attention of some higher-ups over on the sales side. She got some special attention from some senior folks over there before she got to me. Once I talked to her on the phone, we were well on our way to planning some really cool things that the resort had never done before.
Even though her name was passed to me with a “guest recovery” sort of warning, we got to know each other and she became one of my favorite Disney fans. Before that though, she sent me a message a little worried that I had been tasked to kiss her “you-know-what” because the poor way Disney treated her in the beginning…
… here was my response:
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Mouse fresco challenges Mickey
This is totally awesome. Somehow in my online travels tonight I ran across this one-in-a-million article from November of 2002 on the BBC Website. Talk about the ultimate Hidden Mickey!
Read on to see the whole article!
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