Category Archives: News
Tupelo Airport Board fires Executive Director Anderson
Still trying to figure out why they would fire Terry Anderson. By all accounts he has done a great job over the almost 10 years he had held the position. He oversaw the complete renovation of the terminal here and negotiated airline service with both Northwest and Delta here. Why the board would then fire [...]
Monday Morning Joe
I hope to make this a routine post on Monday’s when I can. Basically I will be linking to some stories catching my eye with a little commentary added to it. So here are some stories of note this morning. Chinese Dialogue on Racism Emerges – Hat tip to to Louis aka Phree Market on [...]
Tupelo Tonight 10/9
Imagine some cool talk show band playing a nice intro at this part of the blog. Politics Uh, what? Obama gets a Nobel Peace Prize not even 9 months into his presidency? Are the people at Nobel high? This is just ridiculous and stupid! It’s obvious Europe is drinking more of his Kool Aid than [...]
My Eye
So last Wednesday I finally went to the eye doctor for a checkup after 5 years. They dilated my eyes which I haven’t had done in years so for about 90 mins. everything was blurry to me. A good checkup all around and I’m getting a little bit stronger prescription for my new pair of [...]
15 Hours in Meridian
Well I am finally home back in Tupelo. Initially the drive home started yesterday around 3:30. Little man was having a hard time on the drive so we decided to grab dinner at Cracker Barrel in Meridian about 5pm. Once we had our dinner we headed over to the gas station so one of us [...]
Thoughts on Michael Jackson
Well it’s been several hours and I’m home from work. As many of you have heard by now, Michael Jackson died today at age 50 from an apparent heart attack in Los Angeles. We also lost Farrah Fawcett today a 70’s icon. But being that I was a child of the 1980’s Michael Jackson was [...]
Wednesday Ramblings
A quick note if there is not a Monday Musing there will be a Wednesday Rambling, or some weeks there may be both depending on what is happening in the world. DC Holocaust Museum shooting Sadly the security guard has died. Apparently this was the act of some twisted, deranged white supremacist. New GM chairman [...]
Monday Musing #2
I’m writing today’s edition of MM on my iPhone as we are driving home from Hattiesburg, MS. We were there for our God Daughter’s First Communion and birthday. It was a wonderful Mass and little man made it through his first Mass, usually he gets restless and one of us has to take him to [...]
When newspapers make bad websites
I’m a proud resident of Tupelo, so when the local paper announced they were designing a new website I was pretty excited about it. Now a bit about me, I don’t take a hard copy of a newspaper. Quite frankly in the age of the internet when a paper arrives the next day your just [...]
Paul Harvey, RIP
Today America lost a genuine treasure and we are a poorer country for it.
Hello February, it’s so good to see you!
Ah so February has finally came and I for one am glad to see it. January was an interesting month for me. First the good part we now are fostering a 6 month old boy and he is just adorable! But then my grandmother’s health went critical and she is still critical today but has [...]
Justice delayed, but justice at last
So I was watching Fox News earlier today before heading to work when the sentencing hearing for OJ Simpson came on. Being someone that lived in L.A. in ‘94-95 I was well aware of this SOB’s exploits! This is a man who got away with a double murder and thought he was invincible. Here is [...]
The Bixby Letter
One of the most touching letters in American presidential history. Of course it was later revealed only 2 of Mrs. Bixby’s sons died in battle. Executive Mansion, Washington, Nov. 21, 1864. Dear Madam, I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are [...]
RIP, Ted Kennedy
I’m a conservative, this is not big news to anyone that knows me. Through out my years of paying attention to politics starting as early as 1984 and the Reagan Landslide over Mondale, Sen. Kennedy has always been an active part. Last night the Senator from Massachusetts lost his brave and public battle with terminal [...]