For a moving account of the Birmingham Campaign, I highly recommend Spike Lee’s “4 Little Girls” (1997).
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“Education is where it’s at”
Whitehall bond approved by narrow margin; Most school board incumbents re-elected
A nice article featuring my Uncle Steve who is running for a seat in the MI State House. VoteMarkel.com
MotorWeek Reviews 2010 Elantra Touring
Watcha Gonna Do When They Come for You?
This is as close to an episode of COPS as I want to get.
Yesterday, as I was leaving my parent’s tranquil neighborhood in Morgantown, WV I was nearly run off the road by an unknown person in a Honda CRV. My interest was piqued when I noticed he was being closely followed by a police car, lights flashing in full-on car chase mode. Not too far behind where a couple more cruisers in hot pursuit. I found out later they finally caught up with the allegedly stolen vehicle after an extensive chase.
Now I really want some ‘spike strips’ of my own.
Here are some local news reports on the incident:
WDTV CBS Channel 5:MAN ARRESTED AFTER HIGH SPEED CHASE
WBOY NBC Channel 12:Police Chase Man Through Morgantown
New Look, Same Great Taste!
I have received some pressure lately to join Facebook and/or Twitter. Mostly because people are concerned I’ve fallen off the face of the earth or worse. Instead of bending to peer pressure I thought an update to Stewsnews might be in order.
I cannot promise that I’ll be very regular with my posts; my life is just not that interesting these days. However, I’ll try my best to put something up even if is just the occasional photo.
2009 Ithaca Apple Harvest Festival
I wanted to try the funnel cake but the line was too long.
Ithaca Brew Fest 2009
Honey Bears
Mountaineer Country
Final
(20) Connecticut 21
(3) West Virginia 66
Step Forward For Civilization
Visiting a public restroom anywhere in the world can be a gamble. Sometimes one is pleasantly surprised: At the Icon Grill in Seattle male patrons are encouraged by a multimedia display featuring scenes of waterfalls, floods and running faucets all set to classical music.
I haven’t come across anything similar here in China but I do get a kick every time I visit JUSCO, one of the large department stores in Qingdao. Posted above every urinal is the phrase “Step Forward for Civilization” in both Chinese and English. Apparently the powers that be believe that if we men could just be a little more tidy when taking care of business the world would be a much better place.
Maybe they’re right.