Spitball Army

This year I pledged to make good on my internet yapping and mail Christmas cards, something I haven’t done for many, many years. It turned out to be a pleasantly satisfying experience.

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According to the NCT piece, the city of Oceanside recently applied for a grant – not an increase in tax monies, mind you – of $435,000 for the expansion and improvement of bike trails. That’s about $435 appropriated for each regular bicycle commuter.

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There are many things that are behind us, other than 2008. Some are in a constant state of sputtering back to life (see above, excepting Dodos), while others have been wiped from existence forever (see Dodos, above).

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Received via e-mail from Kim on 12 December 2008, at 9:13 a.m.: Just spoke with Jennifer and there is an opening at First Light Shelter. Now the task is convincing Kathy that she should go there at least through tonight as it is getting down to 29 degrees. I’m about to bundle up and go […]

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Received via e-mail from Kim on 12 December 2008, at 8:30 a.m.: On my way to take Bailey to school, I noticed that she was not wearing the boots I gave her. They were on the table that she was at last night so I assume they did not fit. Last night, she was wearing […]

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This morning, as I was taking the first sip of freshly-brewed coffee from a clean ceramic mug in the warmth of my roof-covered, fortified home, the following e-mail rang into my freshly-charged BlackBerry: Over the last 6-8 months, the Homewood community has had a vagrant. This is a rarity in our community so my curiosity […]

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The Birmingham News’ John Archibald writes a thrice-weekly column of opinion, most often about the happenings at Birmingham’s City Hall and the Jefferson County Commission. His writing is usually pointed, insightful and well-reasoned if, at times, a melodramatic match for the political histrionics he’s observing. Today’s “Archiblog,” as his column is called, veered unpredictably toward the illogical.

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About a week ago, on the Facebook website, someone posted an event entitled “Election Day.” Members were asked to choose whether they were “attending” or not, much like R.S.V.P.’ing for a dinner party. I selected Yes, and added a note: You would have to kill me to keep me from attending. I haven’t always felt this way.

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Observationist Lewis Black muses on Halloween and candy corn.

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Rachel Maddow, she of the new self-titled Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC, breaks the current economic mess down for those of us who respond to simple ideas. And concepts related to food.

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