Archive for November, 2007

Breaking: Bloggers Meet F2F — World Doesn’t End

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Co-blogger Del made a trek to Birmingham today, and we finally met for real. We spent a couple of hours chatting over margaritas and chips, and she’s just as delightful and funny in person as she is on the blog and in our frequent email exchanges.
One of the coolest things about the Intertubes is [...]

Another angle on Trent Lott’s sudden decision

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

There was something new in today’s paper. Dickie Scruggs, Katrina, bribery. Gosh, there are just so many possibilities. Maybe he was accepting bribes, passing them on to judges, and enjoying the services of “rent-boys”!

Another One Bites the Dust

Monday, November 26th, 2007

Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) plans to resign his seat effective at year end according to sources in Congress and the Bush administration. Those sources aren’t giving any reason for his resignation other than to say it has nothing to do with his health. He’s going to pursue “other opportunities”. Hmmm. Lott [...]

It’s Personal

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

My pal Hill Carmichael, Coordinator of the Constitutional Reform Education Campaign at Greater Birmingham Ministries, has a great piece in today’s Birmingham News. Hill’s great-grandfather was a delegate to the 1901 constitutional convention.
…According to convention President John B. Knox, the delegates set out “to establish white supremacy in this state.” To accomplish their goal, [...]

This creeps me out

Sunday, November 25th, 2007

I just visited the official website for the Coen brother’s new picture, No Country for Old Men. I clicked on the trailer link and before they would let me watch it, they wanted to know if I was 17. So I filled in a fake name and zipcode, as usual, and picked a random birthyear, [...]

War Eagle!

Saturday, November 24th, 2007

17-10. That is all.

Betsy Hart, supermom

Saturday, November 24th, 2007

This piece actually appeared in today’s Mobile paper, but since I am unable to find it online I’ve linked to the Charlotte News-Observer. (al.com, worst website ever.) Anyway, Betsy Hart, who I can’t say I know much about, has resolved to chaperone every single one of her four (4) children’s school dances, or at least the [...]

Um, this could really screw things up

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

Does anybody remember the California ballot initiative? The one that was going to let California apportion its electoral votes district by district, instead of handing the whole state to the Dems as a giant blue West Coast prize?  It’s back.
When our kids were little, they had a number of those “talking” Little Golden Books, the [...]

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

We’re off to spend Thanksgiving with the in-laws in Dial-Up Land. I hope to be checking in here and there, but I’ll go ahead and wish you all a safe and blessed holiday weekend!
Del will be around, so stop by for new posts when you’re done sleeping off the tryptophan.

Troy King, taking it to the hoop

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

The Chastang mess (Riley appointed a county commissioner instead of allowing a special election, long legal battle, eventual triumph of lawsuit based on violation of Voting Rights Act) is going to the Supreme Court. Not the Alabama Supreme Court—it’s already been there. The US one.
 Y’all, this is not about Mobile County, or even Alabama. This [...]