Month: May 2009
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Mileage improving
Two weeks ago, I wrote about the 25% drop in my gas mileage. The good news that in the two week period since then my mileage has improved. Miles Gallons Miles/Gallon Gallons/100 Miles 192.4 8.133 23.66 4.23 I’d really like to know what happened to the gasoline mix that caused such a drastic drop in…
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Traveling Vietnam Memorial
…err I should say memorials because there are many different mobile Vietnam Memorials. One in particular that visited Oak Grove, Ky during Memorial Day weekend is called the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall. The only complaint we had was attempting to find the memorial. There were no signs at all on Ft Campbell Blvd. A story…
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Book of Ruth broadcast on TBN
Since January there’s been a steady interest surrounding the Book of Ruth movie starring Sherry Morris as Ruth. Even though the movie is obviously a low budget operation I expect movie producers to understand this thing called the Internet. This is especially true for independent movies with little or no advertising budget. Someone registered an…
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Jeffers Bend Fishing Day
The Jeffers Bend “Take Kids Fishing” event was today. I didn’t participate in dropping bait into the water but was quite satisfied being the resident photographer. I saw many of the kids have excellent luck in catching blue gill large and small, even some non-fish creatures. The river and pond was stocked before hand with…
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Dramatically Worse Gasoline Mileage
I watch my gas mileage very carefully. Even during the dead of winter my mileage never went below 22 MPG. Since the end of the cold weather my mileage has been steadily increasing up to a maximum of 27 MPG most recently. That is until my most recent fill-up which only lasted one week even…
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Little River Days 2009
The annual Little River Days festival is this weekend. This year the city made an effort to boost the level of activity. Some years Little River Days has been very thin. The festival’s namesake is the river that runs through the center of Hopkinsville. I think this year’s festival compares favorably with previous years. There…
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Local boy: Brian Brennan
Brian Brennan is a soldier with the Currahee out of Ft. Campbell. He lost both of his legs during combat but now he walks with prosthetics. His story is embedded below.
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Self-sabotage, the world asplodes!
RCP: The CIA’s Fight With Obama – This seems a logical reaction by the CIA. I have to ask why is Obama making enemies with people who have advanced capabilities to bug rooms and leak damaging information? Powerline: Obama’s incoherent powder -Again Obama is alienating people whom he has rely on to guide his actions.…