Sunday, July 22, 2007

More miscellany


In the last week, I've learned more about "noodling or "grabbling" than I really wanted to know. In today's Chattanooga Times Free Press, a story on the back page of the Sports section was titled "Girls Gone Grabblin' ". Click here to see video of some good ol' Tennessee gals looking for equal coverage.


The last few Sunday nights, we've been watching the PBS series about Queen Elizabeth called "Queen and Country". Each program discusses an aspect of the monarchy and government in Great Britain. We've really enjoyed them. This Queen is a really "classy lady". It's going to be interesting to see what happens at the end of her reign. We felt that the Brits would accept Prince William as king, but were a little less sure about how they'll feel when or if Charles ascends the throne. We do live in interesting times.

Commenting on the indictment of Michael Vick on the charges of dog fighting, Senator Robert Byrd said, "I am confident that the hottest places in hell are reserved for sick and brutal people who hold God’s creatures in such brutal and cruel contempt." Byrd also said, "The training of these poor creatures to turn them into fighting machines is simply barbaric." Bev Sykes, in her blog "Funny the World" said: "I agreed with him (Byrd) and ... then wondered when the Senate was going to return to the discussion of the soldiers in Iraq and when to bring the two-legged fighting machines home again." Well said, Bev!

Today's picture is not of a British castle, but Kelvingrove Museum in Glasgow, Scotland.

1 comment:

Sandy Davidson said...

IMHO, they need to deal with Vick and his alledged propensity to animal cruelty, in a court of law.

But, media focus should remain on the tragic mistakes the US is making in the Mideast and how to end the cruelty we are waging against humanity, here and abroad.