Off
Is Not A Channel.
We can never be a civilized society until this nation's top
Judges stop giving absurd religious beliefs as much credence
as empirical knowledge.
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The words 'prayer' and 'nothing' should be used more often
as synonyms.
"Is there any gas in the car?"
"Nope. Nothing but prayer."
"I hear George shaved his head."
"Yeah, he's going for that prayerly look."
"The Russians just launched their entire nuclear arsenal
at us. What shall we do?"
"Pray."
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Dallas, Texas is smack dab in the middle of a vast and
mostly flat chunk of geography. You don't have to clamber
upwards very far to attain a
near unobstructed
view
of the horizon in all directions. At just a couple
dozen feet on the z-axis clumps of skyscrapers and
office buildings will be the only things impeding
the
majestic view.
Which makes the 4th of July a bit unique for us North Texans.
My city is home to about 3 million humans and a significant
portion of them
this past Tuesday were
frantically
igniting the sky in a patriotic
fervor while, simultaneously, violating ludicrously unenforceable
local ordinances against such promethean frivolity.
Fortunately there are a few of the aforementioned locales
available in this city high enough to afford a near perfect
360 degree
view
of
the
pyrotechnic orgy
and one of them is near my little home. So right about
9:30 this past 4th I and The Companion decamped to this
modest
promontory,
settled ourselves amidst a polite gaggle of local homeowners,
fought off
an ant attack or two, and watched in delight as the horizon
boiled in
the
glow
of
thousands
of China's
best explosive devices
for
well over
an
hour as a cool lake wind caressed our blissful faces.
Hope your Fourth was just as good.
=Lefty=
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