"Don't say a prayer for me now / Save it 'til the morning after..."
Today is the National Day of Prayer. Oh, what controversy. Remember the hubbub over President Obama's supposed cancellation of the National Day of Prayer? Bogus. False. Read about it here. Besides which, who really cares if the president proclaims, celebrates or otherwise observes or designates a national day of just about anything?
Sure, the president has ceremonial/symbolic duties to perform, but is that his primary function? No. Hmmm. Quick Googling indicates maybe it is. OK, not really his (or, someday, her) primary function, but the dude (or dudette) does sign a slew of proclamations each year. Yikes! Some are pretty ridiculous. But nobody gets his or her panties in a twist over National German-American Day, Leif Erikson Day, White Cane Safety Day or National Safe Boating Week. So give it a break. If you don't like religion (usually that opposition is narrowly targeted at Christianity), then just save a prayer for the morning after ... you just might need it.
But hey, it's also Cinco de Mayo today. Now there's something to celebrate. Imagine my surprise this morning to hear WKAY radio play a 27-year-old song by a band most people probably haven't heard of. I knew I recognized Stan Ridgway's voice, singing Wall of Voodoo's "Mexican Radio." Didn't make the connection with Cinco de Mayo until later, though.
Today is the National Day of Prayer. Oh, what controversy. Remember the hubbub over President Obama's supposed cancellation of the National Day of Prayer? Bogus. False. Read about it here. Besides which, who really cares if the president proclaims, celebrates or otherwise observes or designates a national day of just about anything?
Sure, the president has ceremonial/symbolic duties to perform, but is that his primary function? No. Hmmm. Quick Googling indicates maybe it is. OK, not really his (or, someday, her) primary function, but the dude (or dudette) does sign a slew of proclamations each year. Yikes! Some are pretty ridiculous. But nobody gets his or her panties in a twist over National German-American Day, Leif Erikson Day, White Cane Safety Day or National Safe Boating Week. So give it a break. If you don't like religion (usually that opposition is narrowly targeted at Christianity), then just save a prayer for the morning after ... you just might need it.
But hey, it's also Cinco de Mayo today. Now there's something to celebrate. Imagine my surprise this morning to hear WKAY radio play a 27-year-old song by a band most people probably haven't heard of. I knew I recognized Stan Ridgway's voice, singing Wall of Voodoo's "Mexican Radio." Didn't make the connection with Cinco de Mayo until later, though.
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| A proud recipient of Mrs. Renfro's Salsa sampler, Feb. 15, 2011. |
Of course the exciting aspect of this particular day is that we'll be celebrating May 5 at The Register-Mail newsroom with a looong-awaited sampling of Mrs. Renfro's salsas. Assistant Editor Jay Redfern, my good bud with the noisy office next to my desk, received a box of four Mrs. Renfro's salsas after bemoaning the lack of a fine store-bought salsa in town in one of his Jay Talking blog posts quite some time ago. It never seemed an opportune time to Jay-bird to break out the salsa, but I managed to convince him a couple weeks ago that it would be appropriate to celebrate Cinco de Mayo with a salsa sampling. He'd better not renege.
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| The goods. |
Today's Stats
Temp: 50 degrees F
Distance: 3.3 miles
Weekly Total: 10.4
Treasure: 1 page sheet music ("Blessed Is the Lord"), folded into a paper airplane; 1 Pall Mall box; 7 cans.
iPod Playlist (shuffle)
Walk This Way (Original) - Aerosmith
Night Time - George Thorogood
The Blue Side of Lonesome (cover) - John Prine & Mac Wiseman
Old Dan Tucker - Bruce Springsteen
The River (live) - James Taylor & Joni Mitchell
Young Lust (cover) - Luther Wright & the Wrongs
Havana Daydreamin' - Jimmy Buffett
Into the Fire (live in Gothenburg, Sweden, 2003) - Bruce Springsteen (Video link is to a 2002 show in Stockholm)
Temp: 50 degrees F
Distance: 3.3 miles
Weekly Total: 10.4
Treasure: 1 page sheet music ("Blessed Is the Lord"), folded into a paper airplane; 1 Pall Mall box; 7 cans.
iPod Playlist (shuffle)
Walk This Way (Original) - Aerosmith
Night Time - George Thorogood
The Blue Side of Lonesome (cover) - John Prine & Mac Wiseman
Old Dan Tucker - Bruce Springsteen
The River (live) - James Taylor & Joni Mitchell
Young Lust (cover) - Luther Wright & the Wrongs
Havana Daydreamin' - Jimmy Buffett
Into the Fire (live in Gothenburg, Sweden, 2003) - Bruce Springsteen (Video link is to a 2002 show in Stockholm)
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