Ms. Boxer, you ma'am, are an ass

As busy as I am, these folks just keep giving me an excuse to post. What an arrogant, pompous, holier-than-thou jerk this "senator" is. I didn't see any other clips from this hearing except Ma'am Boxer's, but I am willing to bet that not a single male senator insisted that the General call them "Senator" instead of "sir."



GIVE ME A BREAK!! And yet, these people continue to get elected. My fervent wish is that everyone and anyone who has to address Ma'am Boxer in the future will Ma'am her coming and going.

I've been busy, honest!

Sorry - I have not fallen off the earth. :-) But, good gosh, have I been busy. For some incomprehensible reason, I agreed to become the Membership Chair/interim Board Member/ad hoc Newsletter Editor for an international search and rescue organization, based here in the good ol' USA called Canine Search & Recovery. I've been a "little" busy.

I have been meaning to get caught up on posting, but the further behind I got, well, the further behind I got. Had some exciting things going on over on my Flickr account. Went on a caving trip and had some photos make "Explore." One of my photos has had over 820 views!

Anyway, the thing that has shaken me out of my stupor and forced me to get back on here was an interview that took place this morning on MSNBC. Please, if you have a single conservative bone or fiber in your body, go and watch this info-Babe get way in over her pretty little head. It's a stitch!

Friday, Thank God it's Friday.....

Remember that old song? And while I don't feel like getting up and breaking into a disco shuffle, I'm disco-ing inside, doing the Electic Slide, yeah, boogie down. Back it up! Step, unnnhhh. Oh yeah.

Sorry, I slipped off into Boogieland there for a minute.....Really, I'm just trying not to think about the weekend and all the damn RAIN that is again bearing down on the beautiful Tennessee Valley. Enough already!! Tomorrow I'll be driving down to Alexander City and back. The day is shot anyway, but Sunday....Bankhead and Sipsey are screaming my name, like ....Sirens luring me to crash on the boulders of the Sipsey Fork. And the damn weatherman is predicting rain, rain, rain, rain. The only "bright" spot for Sunday's forecast is no thunderstorms. Just rain. I can handle hiking in the rain, but it's a bee-otch trying to take pictures in such. Whatever. I'm going anyway. I'll just try to shoot between downpours. And who knows? Maybe they've got it wrong this time.....

Rumblings and Ramblings

Good gosh, I am tired of the rain. Yesterday was beautiful, but I woke about 2 am this morning and could have sworn I heard rain, again. I convinced myself that I was wrong. Got up to let the pups out at 5 am and much to my surprise and consternation, discovered that I had indeed heard it raining during the night. It's gotta stop soon, right?

Went to the NAPG May meeting last night @ Tommy's Pizza. Had about 10 of the "regulars" there and had a great time. Lots of talk of waterfalls, hiking trails, Bankhead, Sipsey, Monte Sano, Three Caves... It's just killin' me! Have got to get out of the house and on the trails.

Unfortunately this Saturday will be spent driving to Alexander City for an AARS meeting. That's going to shoot Saturday to heck. But Sunday....forecast is showers but no T-storms....I don't care if it is raining. I'm going to hit the forestor somewhere that day.

And while I'm rumbling, I checked the webcam for Smoky Mountains. Here's this morning's shot:



Isn't it lovely? And green? And blue? I am so so so wishing I was there. Trying to plan a weekend overnight to Le Conte for June/July timeframe. We did it a few years ago. We always do the dayhike when we go up, but only overnighted at the shelter, near the lodge, once. Unfortuately all the sunset pics I took that trip were on my laptop that was stolen when our house was burglarized a few years ago. I have got to get back up there for another sunset.

Gloomy Day @ Brushy Lake

Gloomy Day @ Brushy Lake, originally uploaded by tjs1963 (Terri).

Went out to Bankhead/Sipsey twice on Sunday. First time out to Sipsey and got socked by the rain after about an hour. Went home and got on the treadmill and "piddled" around the house all afternoon. Funny thing, after that first round of rain went through, it didn't really rain any more that afternoon even thought the radar showed a lot on the way. I guess it just broke up and went around.

About 2:30, I was going absolutely stir-crazy, so I grabbed my boots and camera and headed out again. Just went down to Brushy Lake and walked around a bit. Empty and dreary - but really beautiful. It was so green, green, green. But my mood was B & W.

Another guilty pleasure....

.....Okay, I admit it. I love Mariachi bands. Have for a long time. And today, in the dining area at work, I got to hear a mariachi band! It was wonderful. Remember? It's Cinco de Mayo.

These particular guys used to play every weekend at the Guadalajara restaurant in Decatur when it first opened. They are from Birmingham. Banda la Perla - The Pearl. I always requested "El Paso" when they would take requests. It got to the point that they didn't even have to ask anymore. And today, they remembered me! It was so funny.

They had been playing several traditional songs and the lead guy looked across at me, smiled really big and started playing "El Paso." These guys ROCK!!!

That just made my day. See? I'm smiling. ;-)

Hallelujah!

YouTube strikes again! Got this from my choir director today. It's a performance of Handel's Hallelujah Chorus by an order of monks. Enjoy!