The recent weather business having backed up my mail a bit,  I only today made a dent in the pile of September magazines that arrived slightly late due to Gustav. Upon finishing the issue of the New Yorker dated Sept. 1, I was incredibly pleased to discover that the winner of that issue’s cartoon caption contest was a New Orleanian. Cheers to Jason Melancon for his caption to the above whimsical sketch (the title of this blog entry) - and extra kudos for being the first Louisiana resident, if this website speaks the truth, to take the honors. And after seeing this week’s challenge (below), I say: who but a Louisiana resident could adequately tackle (no fishing pun intended) this?