The Story of Corey May

Truly one of the saddest drug war victim stories ever. Watch.



(H/T PintPundit)

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Garden Shots

Portulaca


Gerber Daisies


White Field Corn

Purple Hull Peas

Giant Red Zinnia about to bloom

Mater blooms

Tasseling corn

Eggplant bloom

The two big rows

I made this row yesterday. Half is planted in okra and the other half is planted in white field corn.

Okra - My okra seems slow to take off. Is there a trick to growing okra that I am unaware of? Any gardeners out there who have some magic tricks for okra?




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Alabama Police Corruption Abounds

McIntosh Police Chiefs Son Faces Second Review of Actions

The son of McIntosh's police chief already under investigation for beating and Tasering a driver during a traffic stop in March has again been placed under review for firing a gun at a motorcycle during a police chase Sunday, authorities said.

Officer Blaine Barnett, son of Chief Michael Barnett, fired a single shot into the front tire of a motorcycle being chased by police on U.S. 43, authorities said.

Video of Blaine Barnett beating and tasering driver.


Sounds to me like Daddy's boy needs his ass handed to him. I'm sure his day will come.

And in the northern part of the state....

Two Hunstville Officers indicted for evidence tampering, false reporting, drugs

And in Pickens Co.....

Judge Ira D. Colvin sentenced to 50 months for meth possession

Aren't our men in blue and those who wear the robes just a swell bunch of role models and upstanding citizens ? So swell, in fact, that they are qualified to arrest, pass judgment and imprison others for crimes they themselves commit?


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Now this is a cool picture

Lightning bolts appear above and around the Chaiten volcano as seen from Chana, some 30 kms (19 miles) north of the volcano, as it began its first eruption in thousands of years, in southern Chile May 2, 2008. Cases of electrical storms breaking out directly above erupting volcanos are well documented, although scientists differ on what causes them. Picture taken May 2, 2008.
REUTERS/Carlos Gutierrez (CHILE)


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Smart-ass, pot smoking, political pundit seeks employment

I need a job. I have been looking and applying in my area for a while now. There is nothing here.

If you know me then you know I can do anything. I have a background in office management, leasing agent, auto sales, freelance journalism, video journalism, various aspects of election campaigns, blogging, media outreach and coordination and food service management. An ideal job for me would be something in the media (copy editor, freelance journalist, video editor) or something in a law office.

My son was accepted to ASMS and there are fees due. My daughter is enrolled in summer camp at Alabama School of Fine Arts and there are fees due. My cable bill, car insurance and tag are due.

While I will hope for an ideal offer to come along I also feel the need to tell you I will flip hamburgers, scrub toilets, run a cash register and shovel manure so that I can pay for my children's tuitions.

Anybody out there need any of my skills?



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Well Hellooooo there Spider!

As I was out in the garden this morning surveying the damage from last night's hail storm I noticed a leaf on my eggplant that was not entirely unfurled. Being the good plant Samaritan that I am I reached down to presumably unstick the part of the leaf that was stuck.

It offered a lot more resistance than I had expected so I gave it a harder tug. As the leaf opened I was greeted with the horror pictured below.




I bout nearly had to change my britches. I jumped back about 20 ft and after my racing heart slowed down its machine gun patter I slowly approached the plant again. Very slowly.



Still there. Better call in back up. Or go in for a while and recover from that nasty shock. It has an eggsack...ICK!



Later on when my husband and daughter were outside I called them over to witness the monster living on the eggplant leaf. My daughter squatted down beside me and as she was looking at the spider part of a tall onion brushed up against her elbow. She bout came out of her skin. I, of course, fell about howling. It is always so funny when that happens to someone else.

I decided to send her in for the camera so I could get a picture. We decided that the spider should be rearranged for a better photo op. Bell suggested we poke it with a stick. I said, "OK." She picks up a piece of pine straw and says, "Here Mom." I said, "Shiiiiiiiittt........Kid, you are gonna need a much bigger stick than that...hell go get me the chainsaw."

We were both too scared to prod the massive monster too much. Those creatures can move much faster than the eye can see....or at least much faster than my considerable ass can move away from it. We had to be content with a partial monster shot.

And, why are we so scared of spiders? How can something so small make a grown person act like a complete fool? I mean, I outweigh this one by .....god knows how much. Could easily squish it, or drop something on it or spray it with a chemical....but the first thing I want to do when I see one is get the hell away from it FAST! In fact, I am much more likely to perish from a broken neck trying to get away from a spider than from an actual spider bite. That makes them doubly dangerous.





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Hail Storm!

About 1 a.m. I woke up to a violent thunderstorm. I mean it was scary! It also produced hail. Judging from the size of the holes in leaves of some of my garden plants I'd say it was at least quarter sized. When it first started my stomach got sick. I figured all of my plants would be killed.

They all got beat up pretty badly and some of the tomatoes lost a few limbs. I lost one small corn plant but everything else looks like it will recover fine so long as there are no more hail storms the next few days.




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Garden Yummies!

Turnip Greens....

There what's for lunch



Corn about to bloom



Tomatoes & Purple Hull Peas


Green Beans


Purple Hull Peas & Field Corn




Pepper



Lima Beans


Tomatoes






Beans, corn & squash


Blackberries



Okra...and FINALLY a useful purpose for a Victoria's Secret catalog!









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OUCH!!!

In case you missed Mobile Press-Register's editrorial by the infamous JD Crowe yesterday I have posted it here for your enjoyment!



God that man is hysterical! That cartoon is an ass burner.

Thanks for the gut buster JD!!


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Alabama Legislative Outtakes

I've started a new blogging project called Alabama Legislative Outtakes which features audio clips from the House while it is in session.

A few weeks ago (and unfortunately before I started recording the sessions)I listened to the Senate one day.

Of course, they were all hung up on the gambling bill. During filibusters you know they can just talk about anything. It doesn't have to have anything to do with a bill.

Sen. Jabo Waggoner was talking about traveling to Smith Lake every weekend and seeing a gambling hall/strip club called "The Boobie Trap". He adamantly claimed he had never darkened the door.

Another Senator, whose name I did not catch, got up and asked Waggoner, "Is you sho you ain't never stop in? I mean if I drove by something that say "The Boobie Trap" my curiosity would get the best of me and I'd have to check it out. Maybe I have that dyslexic and thank it said "The Bobbie Trap". You sho you ain't nevuh had the dyslexic an thank it say "Bobbie" instead of "Boobie"?"

It was crazy funny! I just kind of sat here with my mouth open. After that I started recording the sessions. So, I decided to start a new blog that offers archived audio of the House in session. Citizens just really have no idea what goes on down there.

How much and how quickly do you think things would change if citizens listened to the shenanigans that are happening on their dime? Part of the problem is that while the computer literate among us know about ALISON and how to use it most people don't. Another part of the problem is that no one wants to spend hours and hours listening to legislative sessions. They don't have that kind of time. Even if they did they wouldn't want to spend it doing that.

There needed to be a website devoted to preserving the audio of the sessions so that it can be broken down into a much shorter form that will draw folks in and perhaps get them interested in the political process.

So, I give you Alabama Legislative Outtakes. This is a work in progress so please bear with me. Eventually I will have audio segments broken down by what bill is being discussed to make it easier for folks to get the information they want without having to sit through hours of some time mind-numbingly boring discussion about things they have no interest in.

For now this is a free service. However, this project will be hugely time consuming and since the files are huge I will eventually run out of server space on Blogger and will need to purchase more. There may come a time when I have to charge a small fee. Until that time I will accept contributions.

Feel free to grab any audio from Alabama Legislative Outtakes and use it as you see fit.




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How Interesting...

Only one day after I mentioned creating Alabama Legislative Outtakes Rep. Joseph Mitchell of Mobile goes to the mic during a filibuster and says he wished that someone would start recording the stream so that what people say can be used to check their records come voting time. That's fascinating!



BTW, I already started Alabama Legislative Outtakes. It needs a lot of work but I'll get it there. If anyone has clips to add please email them to me. Also, feel free to use the audio from the site for whatever purpose you see fit.


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IDrive- Free Online Backup for Mac Users

As a leading online backup service provider IDrive offers FREE 2GB Online Backup which is encrypted. For $4.95 a month they also offer unlimited storage. They just launched a service for Mac users which offers the same options and price as they do for Windows users.

If you are a Mac user and need a free online backup service as well as an affordable unlimited amount of storage space then IDrive might be just what you are looking for. Visit their website, look at all the things they have to offer, compare their prices and services with other service providers and then decide if it is right for you.





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Housekeeping Notes

A while back I signed up with PayPerPost to make a little extra cash here and there. I made over $500 in the course of a few months but then grew tired of it and stopped. Today I have decided to go back to it and try again. Money is horribly tight right now and every penny helps out.

So, dear readers, please excuse the clutter that will be paid advertising on this blog. I know you hate it...but I need money for the power bill so I can still blog and bring you things that you do like to read.


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