The bridge over the Lemon Fair near our home was closed yesterday afternoon due to a large hole that appeared. This morning, while at the Shoreham Service Center getting fuel (and hot coffee) WCAX-TV, Channel 3 in Burlington, Vermont was there getting some local reaction.
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The Bridge Over the Lemon Fair
Motive v. Justice
If I read one more [so called] news story on this insidious shooting in Arizona as one that is an act derived from or linked to “divisive politics” I’m going to go on another 30-day news-fast. We are a society woefully obsessed with “motive” and not content with “justice” for those who break the law. The “social outcast with wild beliefs steeped in mistrust” who opened fire and killed six people was trying to assassinate Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on Saturday. Here’s the story. After droning on in the article about every societal ill and political basis or justification, there is one line in a paragraph all to its own: “It was not clear whether those issues motivated the shooter.” Never let a meta-narrative get in the way of a good story, tragic as it may be.
Addison County Gospel Choir
Here's the audio from the last performance of the Christmas season yesterday for the Addison County Gospel Choir. I recorded the performance which was held a Brandon Baptist Church in Brandon, Vermont on Saturday, 11 December 2010.
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Smokestack Waits, Wobbles, Oops
Here is a video of an attempt to drop a 275-foot smoke stack in Ohio in the right direction. Kids ran, screaming. No one hurt. Lights went out. Adults blushed. 10…9…8…7…6…5…4… Quick observations include this: 1. The CHILD had the most sense among all of the people when she had the sense to turn and run and yell to the ‘grown-ups’, “RUN!” 2. Check out the last worker to make a dash for it and how much she delayed to the very end! File Under: The best-laid plans of mice and men oft go astray.