The Cigar Box Guitar Extravanga! ::

It only happens once a year and it's on for tomorrow night at the Flying Monkey Arts Center at Lowe Mill in Huntsville. I don't know if it will be outside or inside this year, but some of the musicians will be selling some wares starting at around 12pm. At 4pm the movie, Songs Inside The Box, will be shown and the music should start at around 6pm. The musician confirmations I have seen are One-String Willie, Johnny Lowebow, Joker, Little Johnny Kantreed, and Microwave Dave. The cost for the evening is $10 and, believe me, it's well worth it!

I hope to see you there!

Friday Evening Catblogging ::

Arbus lounging on the driveway looking like she's about to pounce:

An Ernest Nunley Update ::

From R. Rice in New Braunfels, Texas:

OFC IS IN NEW BRAUNFELS, TX TODAY
06/19/2010. I MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH HIM BEFORE HE RODE INTO TOWN. I HOPE TO LOCATE HIM BEFORE HIS DEPARTURE ALLOWING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP IN IN SOME SMALL WAY WITH CASH.
BEST OF LUCK TO YOU!

My original post is here, and here is a link to Ernest's web site explaining his quest which was sidetracked by a heart attack months ago.

Here is a photograph of Ernest and his horse, Snowey, that I shot on Nov. 2, 2008:

The Huntsville Times: A Waste Of Newsprint! ::

I've long been amazed at just how much goes on in and around Huntsville that the local newspaper, The Huntsville Times, turns a blind eye to and never gets reported. Just a couple of days ago some poor schmuck committed suicide in the parking lot of the Wal-Mart down in the Hampton Cove area, but I've yet to see anything reported in the local fish wrapper. Almost 13 years ago my wife was in an auto accident and spent a considerable amount of time in Huntsville Hospital and we, the family and I, became well acquainted with the nurses over a 2 month period and from them we learned of at least 2 rapes in the Huntsville Hospital parking lot in a one week period that were never reported anywhere.

There have been a couple of stories that I had some personal knowledge of and passed on tips to a couple of reporters and at least one editor with no follow-up from them and my only conclusion from this is that the Huntsville Times is nothing more or less than a shill for the local government and chamber of commerce.

It's a sad situation and I fear that there is no remedy given the blind eye turned to events which could reflect negatively on the local officials, government in general, and business interests.

Holding BP Accountable! ::

Here's the standard that BP holds it's customers to--don't you think the company should be held to the same standard?

Surprises In The Election ::

Wow, I'm surprised at the margin of defeat that Shepard lost to Raby and that Davis lost to Sparks. I really thought these 2 races would at least have been much closer! I'm also surprised by how evenly split the vote was in the republican governor's race. That should be an interesting run-off. I still haven't seen any results from treasurer and AG.

Now I'm looking forward to the general in November. Let's hope that Sparks can run a better campaign for that than he did for the primary!

[update] I see that Sherer and Nicrosi were both handily defeated by wide margins. Looks like I'm batting 0% in the primary!

I Just Finished Voting ::

I just voted at the New Hope City Hall and I was surprised that there was no line, so the process was very simple and easy. When I voted there were right around 700 people who had come to the polls and this was just after 6 pm. I'm going to have to see what sort of percentage this is since I don't know how many are registered in my precinct.

I had sworn to the Davis campaign that because of his vote on the health care reform bill I would not vote for him, but I backed off that pledge, held my nose, and voted for Artur Davis for governor. If he wins the Democratic nomination, and I think he will, he will surely face an uphill battle against his republican opponent.

The only real agony I felt in the slate was the 5th congressional district race, but I ended up casting my vote for Shepard along with Jeremy Sherer for state treasurer.

I guess we'll see what the outcome is later tonight or early tomorrow morning.