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Saturday - August 14, 2004
Catching Up
Sorry folks but I'm running behind a little lately. You're all aware of my recent "odyssey" from Indianapolis to Boston to Alabama. I've quit one job, moved 500 miles, sneaked into the Democratic Convention and started work at a new job, all within a three week period. In short, I live in "interesting times". I carried all my computer equipment with me on the voyage in the back of my Jeep Grand Cherokee (along with my clothes and a few other essentials). All I missed was strapping Granny Clampett onto the top of the Jeep for a real cool image. I've been living in hotels (and a friend's borrowed apartment in Boston for a week) the whole time, connecting to the internet through a bummer dial-up connection. I feel like a frontiersman (heh-heh).I finally settled into a new house in my new home last week and got broadband hooked up so my computer equipment is functioning again (YAY!). The only problem is my household goods are still on the way (Mayflower is SLOW!). I'm in my new house but still living out of a suitcase for the moment. Unlike Vilmar, I have to have a TV to keep up with the world of Moonbats so I decided to buy a new set for the bedroom. I settled on a 32" Sony WEGA ($1300). Awesome picture and features galore. The clarity is so good I can count the wrinkles on John Kerry's botox face.
Unfortunately, I'm trying to settle into a new job while I'm trying to manage all the little details of the move. Which means I'm sleeping on an air mattress at night and eating out a lot. This sucks but it too will pass. I've been catching up on e-mails from all you folks (I only have about 4,000 in my Inbox) so bear with me. I've also been concerned about Vilmar's health during the recent storm. Even though we've never met in person, we're a close team here at BMEWS and I appreciate my buddy's help during the past few weeks. He'll be going on leave around the first week of September (another secret mission?) so I'll have a chance to return the favor. I hope to have caught up by then and be settled in.
For right now though, I have an interesting observation .... there are no black people in North Alabama. But there are about a trillion Mexicans. What's going on here? Signs and stores in Spanish abound in the area. When did this mass migration occur? Where did all the black folks go? It's kind of interesting though. From what I've seen, the Mexicans moved in here, took over all the "shit-jobs", saved their money and are opening up their own businesses: auto mechanic shops, beauty parlors, restaraunts, etc. I'm sure there's a social statement there somewhere but I haven't figured it out yet. I need to investigate this phenomena a little further. Oh, I almost forgot .... there are also about a giga-trillion good ol' boy NASCAR fans living here too (Talladega Raceway is just south of here). Everyone seems to get along real well though. Amazing!
Best of all, this is "Bush Country". Folks here have no tolerance for Liberal Democrats. That is something that has occurred all over the South in recent decades. Along with racism, the old "Dixiecrats" (who helped promote racism) have almost disappeared. There are now Republican Governors, Senators and Congressmen all over the South. That is a good thing.
I'll have more observations on all this later. For now though, I'm glad to be back home in "Sweet Home Alabama" (Aahhh, love Skynard's music). For the record (pardon the pun), the multiple-Grammy-winning country group Alabama lives in Ft. Payne, about 40 miles east of me. I'm more of a rock music fan but I always liked their tunes too.
Posted by The Skipper
on 08/14/2004 at 12:17 PM
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