Guilty By Association

I was merrily reading through the headlines on Google News. The local Birmingham news articles were listed and, mind you, they were listed as related articles. The 3 article titles follow:

Man hospitalized after he was assaulted in north Birmingham
Halloween fun for kids at Birmingham Police precincts
Birmingham man critical after being beaten and burned

What?!? Why were those related? I thought they were saying that some kids having Halloween fun burned a beat a man. No! They were totally unrelated articles. Weird...

It's In My Chest

Looks like I'm coming down with a cold again... I get the flu shot, I get sick. I don't get the flu shot, I get sick. I can't win for losing.

Speaking Of That Idiotic Little Town

How about... I got the cops called on me! Can you believe it? Ok, I was out for a quaint (I love that word.), little walk.

Map

For those who care, which amounts to exactly zero, that was about 14.2 miles according to Google Maps. Along the way, I picked up a stick that I found to use as a walking stick. The walk took about 4 hours and as I got within 50 yards of the finish, a cop pulls up next to me and turns on his blue lights. "Well this is strange," I thought. "Was I walking too fast?" Nope, I was walking in Cherokee. I think that's a crime within itself. The cop said that he had received a call that there was an escapee walking the streets of Cherokee! The reporter, i.e. idiot, said that the escapee, i.e. me, was wearing an orange prison-issued uniform and carrying a large stick. The stick was a yard long tree branch that would have snapped if I had put too much weight on it and the the outfit was a red Adidas outfit that was paid for by me and not the taxpayers of Alabama. The cop and I had a good laugh about it and I went on my way, but the more I thought about it, the madder I got.

Now I remember why I moved from Cherokee.

Weird Sign in a Weird Town

I was going for a walk though my quaint Cherokee town when something strange caught my eye. On the marquee that is proudly planted in front of the school, there is a message reading "Cherokee Elementary School - Cheating Everyday." I stood there for a few minutes trying to figure it out but then I gave up. I grew up in this town and have learned to think as a Cherokee native taking considerable care to shield the part of my brain used for thinking, and I could not for the life of me figure out what was meant by this sign other than the obvious. Cherokee never ceases to amaze, stun, and stunt cognitive growth.

Keep The Prayers Coming

My prayers go out to Jennifer Hudson and family.

2 Years!!!

Wow, it has been 2 years since I have posted here. I suck... No comments, Matt. I keep saying that I will try to do better but I guess this blogging stuff is not really for me but I will try to do better.