Alito would make a majority - Can you guess what?

Scalia, Thomas, Kennedy, and Roberts are the other four.

Faulkner vs. Gaines

I recalled one of Agatha's favorite books to be As I Lay Dying, and then read it. Pretty depressing. Afterwards, I checked Agatha's list again and saw that the favorite book mentioned is A Lesson Before Dying. Possibly somewhat different plot. I have that book and will read it too.

Ivy Is Counselor of the Year

I know you will all be as proud as I am that Ivy was voted Counselor of the Year at the organization that licenses all alcohol & drug counselors in the state. She can be e-mailed congrats at I just came back and edited out identifying info. Sometimes I am so dumb, I forget this is not necessary private.

Enterprise gets rear-ended

Oh Captain, my Captain.

Sweep!

Bwaaahahahahahahahahahaha!

Walk off!

What a game!

There's always the UFC

South Side Represent

The Indy contingent extends congrats to Jojo. We'll be throwing in our support in the Fall Classic, too.

Askren Home Update

You can score a sweet gig this way!

Okay, How About This?

Okay, how about this?
P suggests, and I concurr, just sell the houses and 7 acres, Keep the 4 to 5 acres starting at Loving Road. Later, you guys could build a cabin, pitch a tent, dig a well, put in a septic system, camp out on it. Unless I sell it to buy a fur coat or a diamond tiara, that is.

Rayburn's Lament

Elephants are big,
Airplanes are bigger,
Nipsey Russell is now one dead comic poet.

koALA Reassures the EvaDewer, and Potpourri

I've never thought of myself as the member of the tribe to be most needful of mollycoddling, (see KOF), but apparently I've sold myself short. I received a call from koALa and Pert this morning, ultimately geared towards giving me an opportunity to vent any misgivings I may have with respect the pending purge of worldly goods and land that make up The Compound. So I did.

While I've never made a secret of my affinity for the family farm, I recognize that it is the people that reside in and around the abode that make it what it is. I know that, even if I had the means to offer fair market for the land, it wouldn't make any sense, as it stops being what it is to me when the occupants abandon it -er- move. I'm aware of at least some of the many benefits that come with the move, and support it. Emotionally, I'm probably reluctant because I don't want things to change, as if keeping things the status quo would prevent other things from progressing. Obviously, on a conscious level, that level of ostrich syndrome would be pointless, and in fact potentially harmful. So sell the shit and move already. Don't forget that herb, though.

Once talked off of *that* ledge, koALa got the opportunity to assure me that the shoulder injury I suffered during tennis yesterday is not likely to be a torn rotator cuff, as was my fear. Though I won't know for sure until one of the local docs performs the appropriate tests, I am mostly convinced that the problem will neither be with me that long, nor require surgery. So there's that.

On a more positive note, I picked up a couple of tickets for the Braves' second playoff game (this Thursday) for me and Pert. We'll be there to see their annual collapse firsthand. I don't know if any of you have been to a park for a playoff game, but there's a really cool vibe that comes with it, at least in my limited experience. I think it has something to do with the bunting (the decoration, not the batting choice).

Installing a new hard drive on a Windows system

This seems like it could be useful. ;-)