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

  • Kentucky Monsoon Season?

    How many inches of rainfall is required before we can officially call this monsoon weather? I think sixteen inches is enough isn’t? 16 inches is equal to 406 milimeters.  More than 300 milimeters per month is very common in India during the wet monsoon season. Close enough to monsoon weather for me!

  • A Man Who Represents Himself Has A Fool For A Lawyer

    A man in Bowling Green, KY showed again why it is never a good idea to walk into court without a lawyer. Mick Sherrell believes that a city smoking ban is infringing on his rights. Bowling Green attorney Mark Alcott, who represents the city, filed a response Thursday to Sherrell’s complaint, stating that Sherrell had…

  • Non-story Published as News

    Update: Source16 TV Put this in the Dog-Bites-Man category of desperate news reporting. WKDZ is reporting that a 2.4 magnitude earthquake occurred near Paducah on March 24th. The earthquake was felt by no one and no damage was caused by this non-quake earthquake. Somebody tell me where is the story on this? During the last…

  • Doesn’t mean anything

    There was a fake controversy some months ago related to the Google Suggest feature. Some people were upset that the suggestions for “Christianity is” were negative while the same for “Islam is” were not. To please everybody involved Google fixed it so that the suggest feature was equally negative for both Christianity and Islam. Only…

  • The Snow I Wished for…

    Conservatively, Hopkinsville has had twelve inches of snow fall within the last three days. There is more snow on the ground now than I ever had when I was growing up. The 90s was a decade of mild winters and light snowfall. I envy the kids today when school districts cancel classes at the mere…

  • NAACP Still Struggles for…

    …a continuing purpose? On the eve of Martin Luther King Jr. Day John Banks strains to justify the NAACP’s existence. N-A-A-C-P President, John Banks explains why the holiday is important.  He says,“It’s so important that we keep the spirit alive because even as we speak we are not one nation with liberty and justice for…

  • Sound Check!!

    Today is the day that I record using my new digital recorder. Samples of both recordings are below. I thought I’d share the old way of recording the worship service and the new and improved way. Using the Archos 5 is simple but the device is limited. Sound quality is excellent if the person is…

  • Zoom H1 unboxing

    The Zoom H1 arrived today. Pictures follow. My first impressions based on examining the contents of the box are that ZOOM/Samson is playing a dirty trick on their customers. The box contains three items: the H1 recorder, one AA battery, and a 2 GB SD card. However, the package does not include a USB cable…