Random thoughts
- The latest West Nile news has us all on edge — two more deaths in Mississippi and 19 more cases. I’ve always sworn that “Mississippi” is Native American for “thick and swarming with mosquitoes.” Now, with the huge spike in cases of West Nile, I’m now cognisant of each and every one. Last night, at midnight, one was buzzing in my ear. My wife and I threw on the lights and poured out of the bed. We darned near burned the house down to kill the little bugger. West Nile, a disease with the devastating effects and randomness of Polio, appeared in 1999 in the U.S. I haven’t treated a mosquito the same since.
- Drove to Itawamba Community College yesterday afternoon. That’s about 3 1/2 hours from my home. So I drove seven hours of driving for three hours of radio. Add to it, six hours at The Clarion-Ledger. Yesterday was a 16-hour day. And I quit caffeine two months ago. So last night’s drive home was a white-knuckler. I’m glad I get up and run everyday. It helps me keep going every single day. But I thank all the folks at Itawamba CC –What a really great place. And Fulton is a pretty little Mississippi town.
- Another friend has been touched by cancer. I say this with no reservations — cancer was the best thing that ever happened to me. My friend will have a positive outcome. I know he will find that he’ll feel the same way. It makes life much shinier and brighter when you’re a survivor.
- It’s two months until the Presidential election. The darkness will get darker before the dawn. But the next step is the Presidential Debates. Watch them and vote with your heart and conscience. I just pray that Americans watch them instead of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. But I find my hopes get dashed more and more these days.
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