A Cold Sunday

It's very cold, about sixty degrees which is unheard of this time of year in the South. Brrrr! It's wet and cold, tomorrow it'll be seventy degrees and then on Tuesday it's supposed to be more like normal, in the mid-seventies. This weather totally and I tell you truly, I am about tired of all the and chilly weather!

Let us turn our attention to something gorgeous:



Yup, there he is! Only ... two long months, thirteen neverending days to go ... *sigh* Clearly, the counter was not a good idea -- at least this early in the game. The ... time ... seems ... to ... slowly ... creep ... by ...
*SCREAM!*

I know this is late but I got sidetracked. You can bear this in mind for next Easter. What to do w/ all those annoying little Peeps? Make this:



Moo Goo Gai Peep ... or maybe it's Peep Foo Yung. I'm not sure. I find Peeps quite ... distracting. Clearly, they must go!

In the news today:

They're livin' it up in Skullbone! Brr, it was a cold weekend for the sixth annual bike rally but no one under 18 is allowed to attend, and for good reason:
SKULLBONE - At first glance, the scene at Skullbone Music Park on Saturday afternoon might have appeared to be just another giant festival, complete with bands, funnel cake, hot dog vendors and merchants.
But look closer, and the rally also resembled Mardi Gras, with men giving women bead necklaces to flash their breasts. There was also a whipped cream wrestling match.
A crowd gathers to watch as 'Crunch' burns out his back tire Saturday during the sixth annual Skullbone Bike Rally at Skullbone Music Park.

Now, if you can point out 'Crunch' in that crowd I got a ten dollar bill w/ your name on it. Good luck!
SKULLBONE

Apparently there was much fun to be had at Trenton's 26th Annual Teapot Festival. It was "Steeped in Tradition" and I'm missing it all. Including the traditional "Lighting of The Teapots." Oh jeez ...

TEAPOTS

The third anniversary of a tornado that did enormous damage not only to Lexington but Jackson, TN as well is coming up:

47 Minutes until midnight
The day the night sky fell
4 May, 2003

Images from Lexington:

Workers at the Henderson Chester Farmers Co-op remove debris from the collapsed building on Tuesday afternoon in Lexington. The co-op is one of many buildings inflicted with heavy damage from Sunday night's tornadoes.


The McDonald's golden arches show the strain of withstanding Sunday night's tornadoes on W. Church Street in downtown Lexington on Tuesday.

Mike Jones, owner of the Major Market in Lexington, talks on the phone on Tuesday afternoon in front of his store destroyed by Sunday night's storms. Jones spent Tuesday waiting for the arrival of insurance adjusters.

Pope Subdivision across from Johnson Controls on Natchez Trace Drive was absolutely obliterated in this storm. I remember this clearly: McDonalds got their arches unwrinkled, Co-Op built a fine facility on Hwy. 22 and that dinky little Major Market is now a brand spanking new BP station down by Nick's restaurant.

This isn't local but Keith Richards was injured after apparently falling out of a palm tree on Fiji, and is hospitalized w/ a mild concussion.

Poor Keef. He's been dead for years, he just doesn't know it yet. But there are conflicting reports about his injury. Another story goes "Richards, 62, got on a Jet Ski after the fall and had another accident."
KEEF

Not to worry about the dinner party last night -- Mom cancelled. She's not been sleeping well she says, and since Bruce and Tonya "can't ever make it at a decent hour" she decided against it. Bruce works on Saturdays and he can't do his work -- washing semi's -- until they begin arriving around noon, so they usually want to dine around 6.30 pm. But they're always late, and that's the root of Mom's problem. Some people are always late and Bruce and Tonya are a couple of those people. Earlier we discussed the situation -- remember how totally aggravated we've all been w/ each other lately:
Mom: Bruce and Tonya are supposed to be here at 6.30 but we all know they won't come dragging in until 6.45 - 7.00. But we are sitting down at 6.30, regardless! That will teach them to arrive on time!
Samantha: Mom, are you nuts? You're fixin' to punish guests you've invited to dinner?
M: NO! I am just sick and tired of them dragging in when they get around it, it's never at a decent hour, and then I ending up doing dishes all night! We will sit down promptly at 6.30, I said!
S: Well, don't expect me to do that. That's just about the most obsurd thing I've ever heard! Calm down, take a load off, don't sweat it, okay? There's nothing to worry about.
M: If they cannot arrive at a decent hour, we'll eat w/out them.
S: Look, I'm not even coming to dinner that night, okay? There's simply too much tension between all of us lately.

Well, the parents just returned from having lunch out. Mom sent Daddy over w/ a message that completely ticked me off. But, being angry it's time for me to post this.