I slipped south over the weekend to check in on my folks and the Auburn football team...both are doing very well...Auburn put an ole fashion whuppin' on Mississippi State on saturday.
It's always good to go home, where things are always a little backwards or just a little slower to progress. Down the road from my parents house, I spotted a bicycle with one of those old fashioned spinning blade lawnmowers mounted to the front. This may be ab actual invention that was mass-marketed as the first riding lawnmower, but it looked homemade and hilarious. People have always had their own way of doing things down there. They like to do things their way. Once, a pair of our neighbors swapped Christmas gifts...this was about 15 years ago...nevertheless, the husband bought his wife a microwave (he called it a "mikerwave"). Once he presented it to her she replied "whaddya do 'at fur?"...so he took it away from her, though it out in the yard, and shot it with his .22 caliber rifle. True Story.
Also - most people down there just burn there trash, with leaves and trees that they cut down from around the house.
While there are inherent problems with this, one thing that you can always count on in the south is consistency...they'll always do things their way and they will always deliver the same results, reckless (at times), but effective.
My dad delivered the message Sunday in church. Yeah, he's a lifetime politician, and all politicians preach from time to time, just not in church. But he preached (or prought) and not about politics.
Tomorrow, expect to hear about my meeting in Raleigh that occurred on Tuesday...it's about the North Carolina New Schoold Project...do your homework, read up on it, and be impressed...
Enjoy the day...
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