January « 2009 « Squeaky Wheel Seeks Grease

REALLY?

So Memphis City Schools and Shelby County schools are both closed today.

CBU and the U of M are both open.

These weren’t announced until around 7AM.

Tell me something: with the large number of parents who either attend or work for either of these universities, don’t you think the schools should close so that [...]

RIP

I was at work this afternoon, when I received a call from Jazz.

“Are you sitting down?”

“Yeah…I’m at work. What happened?” Y’all my heart sank. I had no idea what she was going to say, but I knew it was going to be bad.

“I think Pooty’s dead.”

“WHAT?!”

So, basically, just before 4pm [...]

If you see my smiling face…

I just have to note that I love this digital age of photography.

7 years ago, after 9/11, my grandmother pointed out a contest with The Tennessean (paper in Nashville) for college students to express their opinions on what was to happen, and what had happened. I don’t remember my direct quote, but I was [...]

Okay, I’ll admit: I don’t get it.

I’m going to be avoiding Facebook tomorrow (today, since it’s after midnight), because I know that it’s going to be full of status updates pertaining to the inauguration, and I just don’t care that much.

Yeah, I think it’s a great thing that a black guy was voted in as President. I just think he [...]

A southern thing?

JB and I were driving back to Memphis from his house (way out in BFE), and were stopped at a light on Highland. The light had just turned green, and JB was accelerating, when a man to our right waved his hands at us and rolled down his window. I waved back, rolled down my [...]