One drink too many and a joke gone too far.
A personal blog by writer and artist Jason Hodges.
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From ABC 33/40 E-Warn:
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
1145 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
SOUTHEASTERN WALKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CORDOVA
* UNTIL 1230 AM CST
* AT 1145 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODSPRINGS...OR ABOUT 13
MILES SOUTHWEST OF CORDOVA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
GOODSPRINGS BY 1150 PM CST
7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CORDOVA BY 1155 PM CST
DORA AND SUMITON BY MIDNIGHT CST
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3365 8738 3349 8721 3378 8681 3388 8704
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
935 PM CST WED MAR 30 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MINOR...HUEYTOWN...GARDENDALE...
FULTONDALE
WALKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...JASPER...CORDOVA
* UNTIL 1015 PM CST
* AT 935 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 11
MILES SOUTHWEST OF GOODSPRINGS TO 11 MILES WEST OF HUEYTOWN...OR
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES SOUTH OF CORDOVA TO 11 MILES
WEST OF HUEYTOWN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PARRISH...SYLVAN SPRINGS...DORA...GRAYSVILLE...SUMITON...MORRIS...
PINSON AND KIMBERLY.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
LAT...LON 3362 8741 3332 8711 3367 8659 3398 8722
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It gets better. A few people have left comments. One guy said, "The kid is cute." Yes, a guy, an adult male. Somebody else posted, "I usually never watch movies with black people in them....well maybe I do, but only to see how long the stereotypical "black dude" lives." Now, what does that last comment have to do with my picture? I have no idea. The ROTC guy actually was posting about loosing his hat and the "adorable little union leader" that he found a picture of online.
This so falls into "don't ask, don't tell" doesn't it?
From ABC 33/40 E-Warn:
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TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 98
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1240 PM EST SUN MAR 27 2005
TORNADO WATCH 98 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM EST FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
ALC001-007-009-015-017-019-021-027-029-037-043-047-049-051-055-
065-071-073-079-083-089-095-103-105-111-115-117-121-123-125-127-
133-272300-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0098.050327T1740Z-050327T2300Z/
AL
. ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
AUTAUGA BIBB BLOUNT
CALHOUN CHAMBERS CHEROKEE
CHILTON CLAY CLEBURNE
COOSA CULLMAN DALLAS
DEKALB ELMORE ETOWAH
HALE JACKSON JEFFERSON
LAWRENCE LIMESTONE MADISON
MARSHALL MORGAN PERRY
RANDOLPH SHELBY ST. CLAIR
TALLADEGA TALLAPOOSA TUSCALOOSA
WALKER WINSTON
$$
GAC013-015-021-035-045-047-055-057-063-067-077-079-083-085-089-
097-111-113-115-117-121-123-129-135-139-143-145-149-151-159-169-
171-187-199-207-213-217-223-225-227-231-233-247-255-263-269-281-
285-291-293-295-297-311-313-272300-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0098.050327T1740Z-050327T2300Z/
GA
. GEORGIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BARROW BARTOW BIBB
BUTTS CARROLL CATOOSA
CHATTOOGA CHEROKEE CLAYTON
COBB COWETA CRAWFORD
DADE DAWSON DEKALB
DOUGLAS FANNIN FAYETTE
FLOYD FORSYTH FULTON
GILMER GORDON GWINNETT
HALL HARALSON HARRIS
HEARD HENRY JASPER
JONES LAMAR LUMPKIN
MERIWETHER MONROE MURRAY
NEWTON PAULDING PEACH
PICKENS PIKE POLK
ROCKDALE SPALDING TALBOT
TAYLOR TOWNS TROUP
UNION UPSON WALKER
WALTON WHITE WHITFIELD
$$
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WOU2
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 92
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
845 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005
TORNADO WATCH 92 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CST FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
ALC001-003-005-007-009-011-013-015-017-019-021-023-025-027-029-
035-037-039-041-047-051-053-055-057-063-065-073-075-081-085-087-
091-093-097-099-101-105-107-109-111-113-115-117-119-121-123-125-
127-129-131-133-271000-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0092.050327T0245Z-050327T1000Z/
AL
. ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
AUTAUGA BALDWIN BARBOUR
BIBB BLOUNT BULLOCK
BUTLER CALHOUN CHAMBERS
CHEROKEE CHILTON CHOCTAW
CLARKE CLAY CLEBURNE
CONECUH COOSA COVINGTON
CRENSHAW DALLAS ELMORE
ESCAMBIA ETOWAH FAYETTE
GREENE HALE JEFFERSON
LAMAR LEE LOWNDES
MACON MARENGO MARION
MOBILE MONROE MONTGOMERY
PERRY PICKENS PIKE
RANDOLPH RUSSELL SHELBY
ST. CLAIR SUMTER TALLADEGA
TALLAPOOSA TUSCALOOSA WALKER
WASHINGTON WILCOX WINSTON
$$
FLC033-091-113-271000-
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. FLORIDA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ESCAMBIA OKALOOSA SANTA ROSA
$$
MSC039-041-047-059-111-131-153-271000-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0092.050327T0245Z-050327T1000Z/
MS
. MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
GEORGE GREENE HARRISON
JACKSON PERRY STONE
WAYNE
$$
GMZ630-650-655-271000-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0092.050327T0245Z-050327T1000Z/
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. ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS INCLUDED ARE
MOBILE BAY
COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM
COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM
$$
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 90
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
605 PM CST SAT MAR 26 2005
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 90 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
ALC007-009-015-019-021-027-029-037-055-057-063-065-073-075-093-
105-107-111-115-117-119-121-125-127-133-270300-
/O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0090.050327T0005Z-050327T0300Z/
AL
. ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BIBB BLOUNT CALHOUN
CHEROKEE CHILTON CLAY
CLEBURNE COOSA ETOWAH
FAYETTE GREENE HALE
JEFFERSON LAMAR MARION
PERRY PICKENS RANDOLPH
SHELBY ST. CLAIR SUMTER
TALLADEGA TUSCALOOSA WALKER
WINSTON
$$
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I've also been testing some experimental things. Experimental of course meaning natively supported in Mozilla/Firefox and not in Internet Explorer. There is a reason why Microsoft decided to give Internet Explorer away for free instead of trying to sell it. Luckily, there are a few special code tricks that you can use to get Internet Explorer to display things like Mozilla does. Unfortunately, some of the cooler things do not have any code tricks.
It would not surprise me that in a year, M$ tries to buy Mozilla.
The weather isn't going to be nice for our Easter. Saturday and Saturday night into Sunday morning could be rough. I'm not looking forward to it, and after the weather event, it's going to get a bit cooler afterwards. I think winter is done with us, but it may have left some little bits behind.
99% of the time, I can't stand popcorn. Yesterday, I craved popcorn. I wonder what that means.
From ABC 33/40 E-Warn:
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
400 PM CST FRI MAR 25 2005
...SEVERE WEATHER ANTICIPATED OVER EASTER WEEKEND...
AN EARLY SPRING STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY TONIGHT
INTO EARLY SATURDAY IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...SHIFTING ACROSS THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. ALONG AND AHEAD OF
THIS SYSTEM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SATURDAY
AFTERNOON. A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD INTO THE TENNESSEE
RIVER VALLEY BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...PLACING MOIST OF ALABAMA IN
THE UNSTABLE WARM SECTOR OF THE STORM SYSTEM FOR MOST OF THE DAY
SATURDAY...SATURDAY NIGHT...AND SUNDAY.
THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER CURRENTLY HAS A MODERATE RISK FOR
SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ALABAMA FOR
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...THEN A SLIGHT RISK ON SUNDAY. AN
UPGRADE TO A MODERATE RISK IS EXPECTED FOR SUNDAY...AND SOME
PORTION OF THE DEEP SOUTH COULD BE UPGRADED TO A HIGH RISK FOR
SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND TORNADOES WILL ALL BE
POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATION WITH THESE STORMS. AT THIS TIME...THE
GREATEST THREAT FOR TORNADOES LOOKS TO BE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO PLAN TO MOVE ANY
OUTDOOR SUNDAY MORNING PLANS INTO A SAFE STURDY STRUCTURE. HEAVY
RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE SOME LOCALIZED
FLOODING...ALTHOUGH NO WIDESPREAD FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE
ANTICIPATED.
$$
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TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 72
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
650 PM CST TUE MAR 22 2005
TORNADO WATCH 72 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CST FOR THE
FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
ALC001-007-009-013-021-023-025-035-037-043-047-051-053-057-063-
065-073-075-079-085-091-093-099-101-103-105-107-115-117-119-121-
125-127-129-131-133-230800-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0072.050323T0050Z-050323T0800Z/
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. ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
AUTAUGA BIBB BLOUNT
BUTLER CHILTON CHOCTAW
CLARKE CONECUH COOSA
CULLMAN DALLAS ELMORE
ESCAMBIA FAYETTE GREENE
HALE JEFFERSON LAMAR
LAWRENCE LOWNDES MARENGO
MARION MONROE MONTGOMERY
MORGAN PERRY PICKENS
SHELBY ST. CLAIR SUMTER
TALLADEGA TUSCALOOSA WALKER
WASHINGTON WILCOX WINSTON
$$
MSC023-035-039-041-067-069-075-087-103-111-131-153-230800-
/O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0072.050323T0050Z-050323T0800Z/
MS
. MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
CLARKE FORREST GEORGE
GREENE JONES KEMPER
LAUDERDALE LOWNDES NOXUBEE
PERRY STONE WAYNE
$$
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 65
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
915 AM CST TUE MAR 22 2005
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 65 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CST
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
ALC001-007-009-015-017-019-021-027-029-037-051-055-057-063-065-
073-075-081-091-093-105-107-111-115-117-119-121-123-125-127-133-
222100-
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. ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
AUTAUGA BIBB BLOUNT
CALHOUN CHAMBERS CHEROKEE
CHILTON CLAY CLEBURNE
COOSA ELMORE ETOWAH
FAYETTE GREENE HALE
JEFFERSON LAMAR LEE
MARENGO MARION PERRY
PICKENS RANDOLPH SHELBY
ST. CLAIR SUMTER TALLADEGA
TALLAPOOSA TUSCALOOSA WALKER
WINSTON
$$
GAC021-035-045-053-063-067-077-079-081-089-093-097-113-115-121-
143-145-149-151-153-159-169-171-193-197-199-207-215-217-223-225-
231-233-235-247-249-255-259-261-263-269-285-293-307-315-
222100-
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GA
. GEORGIA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
BIBB BUTTS CARROLL
CHATTAHOOCHEE CLAYTON COBB
COWETA CRAWFORD CRISP
DEKALB DOOLY DOUGLAS
FAYETTE FLOYD FULTON
HARALSON HARRIS HEARD
HENRY HOUSTON JASPER
JONES LAMAR MACON
MARION MERIWETHER MONROE
MUSCOGEE NEWTON PAULDING
PEACH PIKE POLK
PULASKI ROCKDALE SCHLEY
SPALDING STEWART SUMTER
TALBOT TAYLOR TROUP
UPSON WEBSTER WILCOX
$$
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Parts of Terri Schiavo's brain have liquefied. That means that where she should have brain tissue, she has liquid. Court appointed doctors have looked at her and say there is no hope of recovery. None. Terri Schiavo is not coming back. There's nothing to come back to.
Terri's lower brain still works. It tells her body to breath, go to the bathroom, sleep, and unfortunately, cause random movements and sometimes smiles. Her eyes are open, and she sometimes smiles. This is why her parents think that she's still here, and I'll admit that if it was my child, I'd probably also have a hard time accepting the smiles and movement as random signals from her lower brain. But this is the truth, and we're not talking about her husband's doctor saying this or that. We're talking about several doctors who do not have a connection to the woman other than the fact they examined her.
I hate that if they are able to legally keep her feeding tube out that she'll starve to death. But doctors also say she doesn't feel pain. She won't hurt. She won't know that she's dying. She won't feel a thing. Even so, I'd still rather there be some type of assisted suicide in this case. It wouldn't be really be suicide but more euthanasia for Terri. And isn't euthanasia just a can of worms?
If life gets too horrible and each moment is a living hell, I don't see what's wrong with checking out early. I'm not talking about a person suffering from depression, but more like somebody who has lived a good life and now crippled in some way or is suffering from pain or an incurable disease.
There is a law in Texas, signed into law by then governor Bush, that says that a hospital can terminate care if there is no hope of recovery. The patient's family gets ten days to find another hospital. Recently, over the family's wishes, a hospital in Texas removed a breathing tube from an infant who had no chance of survival. The infant died moments later.
I'm not so sure there is a difference between the infant and Terri. Death is a part of life. You can't avoid it. Why not embrace it sometimes especially if you do believe there is a place to go after you die? I'm just afraid that in Terri Schiavo's situation is that there are people seeing what they want to see, for whatever reason. And I'm including politicians in that as well. I personally believe that Terri left this world almost fifteen years ago, and the only thing left is a shell.
It's been a while since I posted. jh2media has been busy. We just finished a site for the British band Mudkicka. Go here: Mudkicka.
The weather here has been foul and icky. The forecast for the other day was "cold and dripping." It's like hardcore winter here. Well, our winter. Our winter is overcast, cold, and muddy. I'm sick of mud. It's getting harder to drive in my driveway.
Last night I watched this show with the sister of Scott Peterson. If you don't know, he was giving the death penalty earlier this week for killing his wife and unborn child. The sister believes he drowned his wife in their pool. He's at San Quinton now. San Quinton over looks the same bay that he dumped his wife in. He can look out his window 23 hours a day and see that bay, watch its waters churn and lope. Good for him.
I changed the strings on my fat strat the other day. I'm not happy with the strings that are on there now, D' Addario. The seem softer but hotter. They seemed more geared for a rock sound. I don't mind that for some things, but I can't seem to get the same warmth and "purdy" sounds I like out of strings. It's like the D' Addario strings are trying hard not to play the blues. Oh well, I'll get some strings when I can. I still need some strap locks.
I'm hungry. I'm going to go eat.
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
455 PM CST SUN MAR 13 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WALKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...JASPER...CORDOVA
* UNTIL 545 PM CST
* AT 452 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OAKMAN...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
JASPER...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PARRISH...GOODSPRINGS...DORA AND SUMITON.
IF ON OR NEAR AREA RIVERS...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE INDOORS OR
INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO 15 MILES
FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE
CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER NOW.
DON'T BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM!
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.
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I finally had the time along with weather to change my distributor cap and ignition button on my car today. I seemed to have the original cap and button on the car. I honestly believe, short of oil and air filter, that everything on my car is original.
Last night, my friends and I went to see Social Distortion live. I love Social Distortion and so should you. Originally, they were supposed to play at Sloss Furnace, but that's an outside venue. It's still winter here. So the show was moved to some warehouse, which was a truly horrible place to have a show. But I'm still glad I got to see Social Distortion.
Charlize Theron and Christina Ricci were amazing. Christina Ricci's character in the movie was named Selby, but in real life her name was Tyra. Charlize Theron was amazing. On the DVD box, Roger Ebert says of Charlize, "This is one of the greatest performances in the history of the cinema." I read that in the store and thought, "You have got to be overacting." After watching the movie, I agree totally with Mr. Ebert.
Monster is not a rock em' sock em' serial killer killing spree kind of movie. It is more of a love story. Yes, a love story. The movie does not edit down what Aileen did, but it also humanizes and shows why she did what she did.
When I first learned of Aileen, I thought I was okay with her death penalty sentence. After a few more documentaries, I changed my mind. The movie only reinforces my belief that Aileen should not have been sentenced to death. I'm not saying she should have been let free to roam. I'm just saying there are reasons why people do the things that they do. And I do believe that if you don't let things that happened to Aileen happen to children, that they may grow up and have a better chance at life, which is something Aileen never had.
Moving on. Today I had to pick Boo up at school. That's my nephew. I went early and parked outside in the line that forms. If you don't go early, you'll end up waiting a bit to pick up your child. So I was sitting there in my car -- yes, my car drove today -- reading Peter Straub's Ghost Story and I heard a girl crying. That's not a good thing to hear. I look to my right and there's a ring of children next to my car. Why does a ring of people always instantly form when something happens? Well, teachers waddled on up and parted the sea of children. An older girl, probably ready to leave elementary school, sat on the ground holding her knee and couldn't move. I did not see her hurt herself. I was asked to move my car to make way for the coming ambulance, and I did. I moved all the way down to the front of the line and parked in front of everybody. Yes, I cut in line, but there was room for people to drive around if they needed to.
One last thing; remember Tori Spelling? It's okay if you don't. But doesn't she have a huge head?
I was thinking yesterday about our National Guard. Why is our National Guard in a foreign country? Is there a definition of "National" that I'm not aware of? I am in full support of our troops. I just don't understand why our National Guard, which was trained to guard this nation, is in a foreign country doing something they never thought they would have to do nor trained to do. They are also not as protected as our regular military forces. And guess what? There sign up rate for the National Guard has gone down and continues to go down. I'm worry that maybe one day we'll have an understaffed National Guard just because our President and his crew mismanaged and mishandled the war in Iraq. And also, that's not the last war our President will start. Look out Iran. We're coming for you next. Either you or Syria. Or maybe both. Who knows what Dubba's going to do?
I finished The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson yesterday. It's a spooky little story and a good read. I wish it was longer, but I wish all good books were longer. I started Peter Straub's Ghost Story last night. I remember that movie kind of scary me as a child. But all books are different and better. And so far, the book has been pretty good. I need to find more time to read. Everybody does. Read.
From a Hole in the Sky
13 Stories of Horror, Madness, and Religion make up this dark-kudzu collection. A city run by angels with demanding burial rites. A white van jostling with clowns and warnings about sleep. A weeping pastor with a dead man in a boat. Homicide, Suicide, Jesus, and The Devil. To join a family, you're going to need some stitches. Kids today on their way to cut grass and play cowboys and injuns'. A hole in the ground where poor John Henry met a foul ending. And unholy birthing machines with a chosen one. All this and more. Where do bad things come from? They come FROM A HOLE IN THE SKY.
The Alabama Weather Blog
A blog of the current forecasts, watches, and warnings for the state of Alabama. The posts are automatically generated from E-forecast and E-warn e-mails from my local ABC Network Affiliate, ABC 33/40. The images are from the National Weather Service. The site will refresh itself every ten minutes.
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