The Professional Wanderer

Three years ago, when hurricanes Katrina and Rita ripped into Louisiana and neighboring states, it was bad. This year seems to be just a n...

Hurricane Gustav (update ) Thanks be to God, the thing has left us with, relatively speaking, only minimal amounts of damage. For me and mi...

Sunday night, August 31, 2008: With a lot of trepidation, Darlene and I boarded the plane Sunday morning in Baton Rouge, headed for Maui. F...

Monday, home office told me they had no place to send me just for a week because I had a 3 week vacation coming up and they didn't want ...

She wasn't much of a bona fide Hurricane. Shortly after crossing over the Florida Keys, she hit the mainland again and slowed from a ca...

Five seconds; not long is it? In my hotel room, I was watching the Will Smith movie, Legend . There was very little light except for the...

The air conditioner in my room at the Hampton Inn plays a little game with me. I can set it to 60, 70 or 75...it simply doesn't matte...

Last week, my son dropped by a Baton Rouge Po-boy establishment to grab a couple of sandwiches. As he entered the shop, he noticed the sign...

OPINION What Bush and Batman Have in Common By ANDREW KLAVAN July 25, 2008; Page A15 A cry for help goes out from a city beleag...

There's a nasty rumor going around (I think I started it when a couple of other reps went to Hawaii while I was in Michigan) in the comp...