Six days upon the road and I won't see my baby tonight

I am in a little cow town in the central valley of California, midway back from my trip up north. I will come back to an empty house as Leslie has traveled to Florida to help out an elderly aunt. Sad for me as I miss her after being gone so long.

Well the house isn't totally empty - we do have two kittens that I am sure are tearing the place up in their first two days of independence. It's going to smell great too, I am sure.

I have been indulging in a little post election post mortem and offer a few thoughts. The country is reverting back to a demographic shift like we had in the sixties, north/south, religious/nonreligious. And you know the true southern religion - football. This from today's a.p.:

2 dead in argument over Ala.-LSU football game

1 hour ago

EVERGREEN, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say an argument over Saturday's Alabama-LSU football game led to the shooting deaths of a couple at a home in southern Alabama.

Prosecutors identified the victims as Dennis and Donna Smith of Brewton. The shooting happened about 7 p.m. Saturday at the home of Michael Williams in the rural community of Owassa.

Williams was arrested and charged with two counts of murder.

Investigators told the Press-Register newspaper in Mobile that Dennis Smith, an LSU fan, called Williams, an Alabama fan, after Alabama's 27-21 overtime win and an argument ensued.

The Smiths went to Williams home. Investigators said Smith had a pistol and Williams had a shotgun and fired. Donna Smith was a relative of Williams' girlfriend. 


I read the other day that they passed a law in Arkansas last week that only a married man and woman could adopt a child.  Now the intended purpose was to not have children adopted by godless homosexuals.  The problem is, there are three times as many orphans in Arkansas as willing families and this law is going to hurt these kids, who can not be adopted by unmarried heterosexuals either.  So much for family values.  The love stops when the water breaks, I guess.


So I will go have my Holiday Inn Express deluxe breakfast and get back to it for the next six hours. Hope everyone has a great week. I need a haircut and a shave.