It's hot out there, and I'm not talking about the weather . . . okay, the weather is hot as well. A great time to sit in an air conditioned room and ponder, then publish, responses to this week's Thursday Survey. There is no formal structure for a response to the Thurvey, in fact, liberty is encouraged as you may choose to answer none, one, some, all, or a completely different question. The heat is on . . . .
#1 The Heat, as in Miami, are still in the NBA playoffs, trailing Boston 3-2 as of this writing (yes, for the totally uninterested, that is still going on). For an update you don't want to miss on this game click here. But the hottest sport team in the nation just finished up the season last night with a win over Oklahoma. No, I'm not talking about San Antonio (again, NBA playoffs. They lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder) I'm talking about the University of Alabama Softball Team. The Tide beat Oklahoma 5-4 to win the National Championship. If you are a sports fan, what sport and team do you follow during the summer? Will you attend a sporting event (at any level) this summer? What is it and why do you go?
#2 451 degrees is a lot of heat. Ray Bradbury told us it was the temperature at which book paper begins to burn in his classic Fahrenheit 451. Bradbury died this week, so it might be a good time to re-visit one of his books this summer. Most of us sometimes escape the summer heat, whether at home or at the beach, but not driving between, by reading a book ( or digital facsimile). What is on your reading list this summer?
#3 National politics is generating a lot of heat, but is anybody feeling it, months before the November elections? Are you paying much attention to national politics? If not, when will you begin to pay attention, if at all? If your attention has been caught, what was the bait?
#4 What is your favorite summer song, food, and drink? Forget the heat. Tell us about your cool.
#5 Montgomery, Alabama, is one of the hottest places in the world in the summer. I suggest that Cousin Governor Robert Bentley call a special session of the legislature for the summer, cut off the air conditioning as a result of budget problems, and hold them there until some real work gets done on the financial issues facing our state.
#6 What question do you want answered this week?
Though I regularly read this blog, I never comment. But summer reading is my vocation and avocation, so I'm posting a great mystery series for all the mystery genre lovers who need a new detectvie to follow. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache of the Surete du Quebec is author Louise Penny's detective extraordiniare. The novels are set in Three Pines, Quebec, just over the border from Vermont. It is rare for me to laugh out loud during a chilling murder mystery, but Penny has that effect on her readers. Try the first in the series - "Still Life." I bet you can't read just one.
ReplyDeleteFavorite summer song ~ Summer in the City by Lovin Spoonful
ReplyDeleteFavorite food and drink ~ Barbecued baby back ribs and an ice cold Corona w/ lime....had a Mooseipolitan last week :)
RIP Mr. Bradbury and thank you for the beautiful sentences. What an imagination! "The Martian Chronicles" is the book I plan to reread.
On the political front my primary interests are human rights and the environment.
I follow the Boston Red Sox and hope to see a game at Fenway Park this summer. Fenway is an historic park and I've never been....and I hear they have great hotdogs.
Congrats to the University of AL Softball Team!
I'm currently reading "The Summer Guest" by Justin Cronin.
Are you still Skinny? If so, I don't like you!:)
Sal
1. A Birmingham Barons game. Beer in bleachers is good.
ReplyDelete2. Volume 15 of Robert Caro's LBJ biography.
3. If Wisconsin didn't catch your attention, then you may be allergic to democracy.
4. Will Smith, "Summertime," tapas and sweet mint tea.
5. Amen.
6. Somebody pointed this out already, but shouldn't the NBA Okie team have been called the Noodlers?