BrakeBlog

Local photography, National rants, Zero navel-gazing allowed… Blogging from Hopkinsville, KY

  • The Book of Ruth movie

    There is a new movie coming out in March 2009 based on the biblical Book of Ruth. The trailer I found on youtube looks really interesting.

  • Snow!

    The first snowfall of the year is here. School is out in Christian county and surrounding areas. There is a webcam on the Boulevard. Seems it’s been cleared fairly well.

  • Teenagers hold-up Dollar Store

    Three female teenagers walked into a Dollar Store in Ohio and tried to rob it. They were refused when store employees said they couldn’t get into the safe. The teenagers left empty handed and were arrested about a mile away. When a manager claimed that she could not open the store safe, the alleged robbers–Jocelyn…

  • Cutest member of the Christmas Parade

    Since Seenoevil asked why I had not posted anything about the Christmas parade I decided I would award the prize for the “Cutest Member of the Parade”. The prize goes to a pair of miniature horses. I have a overall good opinion of this year’s Christmas parade. The parade certainly has room to improve but…

  • The Great Pumpkin… after Halloween

    The official beginning of the Christmas season for my family is when we throw away the pumpkin we bought for Halloween and for the whole month of November through Thanksgiving. The pumpkin has sat outside through several overnight freezes that happened during November. We didn’t carve it for halloween and I wouldn’t dare split it…

  • Veteran’s Day Parade

    The Veteran’s Day Parade was today in Hopkinsville. Readers should know that I was standing on Virginia street but the majority of the crowd was on ninth street around the corner. Just in case you wonder why the streets seem to be so deserted. Enjoy.

  • ss, com_err, e2fsprogs-libs blocking

    No doubt your wondering what to do about blocking packages in Gentoo. The latest example involves a new package called sys-libs/e2fsprogs-libs. It seems e2fsprogs-libs now includes functionality that was performed by sys-libs/ss, sys-libs/com_err, and sys-fs/e2fsprogs. The solution is to unmerge sys-libs/ss, sys-libs/com_err, and sys-fs/e2fsprogs then update like normal. ebrake@scanner ~ $ emerge -pvuDN world These…

  • Sarah Palin for the Win

    All the polling numbers you see Obama vs. McCain are misleading. They are all asking the wrong question. The actual election this year is Obama vs. Palin and I can prove it. Sarah Palin is Blue. B. Hussein Obama is Red. John McCain is yellow. Using Google Trends you can graph the popularity of arbitrary…