pie in your face

That pizza better have the right amount of pepperoni on it, y'all.

Hollygrove man blinds pizza deliveryman with bleach, steals pie, Neighborhood website reports

Published: Thursday, February 10, 2011, 12:44 PM     Updated: Thursday, February 10, 2011, 3:44 PM

 By The Times-Picayune 

The Uptown Messenger website reports that a 19-year-old Hollygrove man called Domino's last week and ordered a pizza to be delivered to the 8600 block of Palm Street.

Terrence Alexis

When the deliveryman arrived with the pie, police say the man threw a cup of bleach into his eyes, temporarily blinding him and causing him to drop the pizza, the website reports. The alleged attacker, Terrence Alexis, has been booked with simple robbery and second-degree battery, court records show. Bond has been set at $200,000.

six more weeks of hurricanes

Via the Times-Picayune:

Did T-Boy Nutria see his shadow?

Published: Wednesday, February 02, 2011, 10:03 AM     Updated: Wednesday, February 02, 2011, 12:36 PM

 By Michael DeMocker, The Times-Picayune 
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Michael DeMocker / The Times-PicayuneZookeeper Paul Benoit listens for a prognostication from T-Boy the nutria as the Audubon Zoo put on its annual Louisiana twist on Groundhog Day on Wednesday, February 2, 2011. The 2-week old nutria emerged from a mini Mardi Gras float, complete with a Super Bowl vanity plate, and did not see its shadow, meaning an early end to winter.