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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 16/09/2026

And that lynching led to the creation of Columbus Day.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 15/09/2026

Ditto. Though Reagan helped. A lot.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 11/09/2026

Today of all days I did not need those fighter jets screaming low over the city. #NOLA

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 11/09/2026

The sky this morning in New Orleans looked just as it did in the New Jersey on the morning of September 11. After a brief look outside, I had to go back in. Here’s something I wrote two years after 9/11.

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A Beautiful Day

It was a typical crisp fall morning in New Jersey.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 20/08/2026

That $1.2 billion could have paid for a couple of school lunches.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 10/08/2026

Today is National Lazy Day. I had planned to get up early for the celebration but I think I'll sleep in.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 05/08/2026

Today is National Oyster Day and National Underwear Day. What you do with that juxtaposition in the privacy of your own home is your business.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 03/08/2026

So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 03/08/2026

Great. NOLA S&WB letter arrived today, dated 13 days ago, stating it was in violation of health standards back in April. More than 3 months ago. Good thing I’m not on immunosuppressants or anything. #nolasky.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 31/07/2026

Happy birthday to George Jetson. Born July 31, 2022.

George Jetson and family in their flying car.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 31/07/2026

I'm sorry, but we have better class down here than that cretin.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 31/07/2026

Why does everybody keep comparing it to a New Orleans brothel? We have class down here.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 25/07/2026

Spy video from inside the Amtrak test facility of the revamped Vista class train cars for the Mardi Gras route between New Orleans and Mobile. No official word on when they will be put in service. #CityPark #NOLA

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 15/07/2026

England loses. Forced to keep the Falklands.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 15/07/2026

So with the England v Argentina matchup today, does the loser get the Falklands? (Malvinas) #FIFA #futbol

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 14/07/2026

It's Bastille Day! I've oiled up the guillotine. Maybe I'll drive up to Baton Rouge. I need a catchy tune. Hmm. Do you hear the people sing? Singing a song of angry men? It is the music of a pеople Who will not be slaves again!

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 12/07/2026

Looks like the GOP is having a BOGO sale. Can we get a little lagniappe and add a third, no cost?

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 08/07/2026

Why yes, it is National Dive Bar Day. Why do you ask? At Verrets Bar in NOLA.

A man stands outside Verrets Bar in New Orleans. He has a big grey moustache, a Panama hat, and a Hawaiian print shirt.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 07/07/2026

It’s National Dive Bar Day. You know what to do. (Also, pray for my liver. I live in New Orleans.)

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 15/06/2026

On this date in 1215, the Magna Carta was signed. --Freedom of religion --Protection of illegal imprisonment --Swift and impartial judgement --Limitatons on feudal payments (taxation) Would that we had something similar in this country. #MagnaCarta

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 12/06/2026

That stinks. I thought mine went off because it was a new phone and not all settings transferred. Having alerts turned off and still getting them is not good.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 11/06/2026

(Apple support) By default, Government Alerts are turned on for your device. If you want to turn these alerts on or off, follow these steps: On your iPhone, open the Settings app, then tap Notifications. Scroll to the bottom of the screen. Under Government Alerts, turn the type of alert on or off.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 10/06/2026

Lovely son, a sommelier, just dropped off a bottle of wine to thank me for doing a dad thing. Thanks were unnecessary. My wine cooler is full. Is this a good time to start day drinking? Trick question. It's always a good time to start day drinking. Unless it's night time. #NOLA

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 29/05/2026

So much for a nice quiet Friday on the veranda with a book and a glass of wine. #leafblower #NOLA

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 25/05/2026

"Have another drink," said Trillian. "Enjoy yourself." "Which?" said Arthur. "The two are mutually exclusive." "Poor Arthur, you're really not cut out for this life are you?" "You call this life?" "You're starting to sound like Marvin." "Marvin is the clearest thinker I know." Happy Towel Day!

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 08/05/2026

Happy VE Day, from some of the people who brought it to us.

Lt. Jake Brier (l), armour and his older brother Lt. Col. Bill Brier, USAAF, meet up in France in 1944.

Aunt Jerry Dishroon on a hospital flight from France to England, 1944.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 04/05/2026

On this day in 1862 Alice went down the rabbit hole. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Wonderland. #aliceinwonderland

A line drawing of Alice sitting at a table with the other denizens of Wonderland.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 02/05/2026

I'm not sure who's running in the Kentucky Derby and I'm not sure I care. But, as always, I am ready. Instead of the call of 'riders up', it's 'drinks up' for me.

The picture shows a silver stirrup cup and a Panama hat. The stirrup cup has a mint julep, with a pink flamingo and a sprig of mint in it.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 30/04/2026

Sigh. A book arrived in the mail that I've been awaiting, so I poured a cup of coffee, grabbed the book, and went out to the veranda. Alas, the New Orleans Sewage and Water Board arrived with a jackhammer and shovels to fix a neighbor's broken water meter just as I sat down to read. #NOLA #SWB

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 12/04/2026

One of my j school professors said that if you write a question lede or a question headline, the typical reader will go "who cares" and move on.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 09/04/2026

Happy Appomattox Day. I bring to you a photo of my grandmother's uncle, John Henry Hall, taken on his return from Appomattox. He joined the New Jersey Volunteers in the closing months of the war and was assigned to the 7th Regiment, Company C. #Appomattox #DenvilleNJ #CivilWar

This is a photo of a page in a book about the history of Denville, NJ. The photo shows a young man in a union uniform shortly after the end of the civil war. The original black and white photo has been colorized.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 09/04/2026

Happy Appomattox day to those who celebrate it To those who don't, nah nah nah nah nah.

Appomattox Court House surrender Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendering to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, April 9, 1865; wood engraving based on an illustration by Alfred R. Waud, 1887.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 05/04/2026

Sorry kids, if the Easter Bunny didn't make it to your house. I have a new rabbit recipe to try out. www.shutmymouth.com/commander-s-... #NOLA #CommandersPalace

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Commander's Palace Rabbit with Mustard Greens — Maison Louisianne Creole Products

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 03/04/2026

People walking to the synagogue around the corner seemed somewhat taken aback when I wished them happy holidays. I don't know if it was greetings from a lapsed right-wing evangelical christian or the abysmal pronunciation of Chag Sameach that shocked them. #NOLA #Passover

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 01/04/2026

I'm sitting in my local watering hole, watching the #NASA feed of the #Artemis launch, looking at my calendar and wondering if this is an elaborate April Fools joke.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 18/03/2026

When I first saw the video for "won't you fix my door" I was hooked. Then I saw "lemon pound cake". Now I'm a serious fan.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 14/03/2026

New Orleans Fire Department, tired of SWB's broken water mains leading to no water pressure and boil water advisories, displays new water-free pumper trucks in today's Irish Channel St. Patrick's day parade. Good for putting out fires and safely quenching thirst. #NOLA

A pumper truck set up to dispense beer and whiskey instead of water.

A former fire department pumper truck, acquired by a New Orleans St. Patrick's Day marching club, is set up to dispense beer instead of water.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 01/03/2026

Good morning NOLA! It's a white sport coat and pink crustacean kind of day. Bloody Mary Time!

Picture shows a bloody Mary with shrimp and a pickled green bean garnish.
The drink sits on a table and there is a white rocking chair in the background.

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Steven Brier @brierassociates.com · 26/02/2026

Walked into my local watering hole on St. Charles. I was not expecting an existential crisis.

A TV screen with a blue box and the text "Are you still here?" followed by "If you'd like to keep watching, just let us know below."

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