Upbeat and Downstairs: Home of Daryl C. DuLong

I came across this photograph (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) on a news site and wanted to share it. It’s a shot of the floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina as they filled the streets near downtown New Orleans this morning. Absolutely amazing.

In order to make my move last week as smooth as possible, I needed to rent a moving truck. I had planned on getting a 10- or 15-foot truck so that I could do the move all in one shot, and made the reservation accordingly. However, in the words of Jerry Seinfeld, the [...]

Not long ago I heard a young man ask why people still kept up Memorial Day, and it set me thinking of the answer. Not the answer that you and I should give to each other-not the expression of those feelings that, so long as you live, will make this day sacred to memories [...]

It’s on the Travel Channel almost every day.
You can practice it on TLC’s web site when you’re really, really bored.
The average jackpot in tournaments has grown tenfold in as many years, just due to the increase in popularity.
What is it? Well, it’s Texas Hold’em, of course. Perhaps the most [...]