The Summertime Blues
Ain’t no cure for what ails the Dow, apparently, as the DJIA closes below 13,000 in the midst of continued fears of a credit meltdown sparked by subprime mortgages. And from Iraq, truly appalling news, as the death toll from yesterday’s bombings may have reached 500 or more. A major catastrophe, by any standards…I’m never sorry to see an August go, and this one will be no exception (and I don’t mean to make light of the Iraq bombings, either – if 500 westerners were killed in suicide blasts in Paris, it would be HUGE news. The fact that these attacks were on the long-suffering people of Iraq, and at least partially the result of a security situation that we allowed to sink so low, makes the tragedy that much more painful)…
Better days ahead (we can only hope)…
I’m sure August in Austin is no picnic either, but it was 104° in Evansville, IN yesterday. I know what you’re saying.
In regards to Iraq, hope is not a good strategy. At what point can we stop hoping and start the painful process of pulling out? Or is the death of 500 people more evidence that we need to stay for longer? Until we can have “sustainable stability”?
Well, y’all ought to move out here to the Bay Area, where it is 68 and sunny.
I lived there (in Belmont, where they bussed kids in from East Palo Alto) for six months in ’93 (I think) between January and June. It was the most miserable 6 months of weather I’ve ever experienced. It rained literally 3 of those months and was very cold. They made us swim outdoors in 62° water. The high school’s claim to fame? It was where Dana Carvey went. (I’m pretty sure that’s correct…)
You’re comlaining about it being 104? Wimp! Down here in Memphis it was 110 yesterday.
Hmmm. I live in Belmont and my kid will go to that high school (Carlmont). It can rain here during the winter in biblical proportions. No argument there.
Not really complaining, just saying I feel him. And I even said south of here is probably worse. My god, you have to argue about the weather even…
Peter: Not sure if they still do the bussing or not obviously. Like I said, we only lived there six months. Right off of Alameda de las Pulgas. I walked up and down that big ass hill every day…
I thought the school was alright. The guidance counselor scared the hell out of my mom though when we first moved there saying how we couldn’t wear all red or all blue because those were gang colors or whatever.
I thought the open lunch was cool, as well as the fact that we could wear hats.
The kids from East Palo Alto still are bussed in — my kid is just entering middle school so high school is a few years away –
I always find August depressing. Where is everyone? Nothing is ever doing in this most non-doing of months.