All kinds of lake activity today. Boat races starting at 11 AM and then play all day, get sunburned, tired, take a nap. At 7 or so the boat parade starts. People decorate their boats with kids and flags and stuff, great fun. Putt putt around the lake so everybody can see and nobody falls off. Then it starts to get dark and the fireworks contest starts. First one side of the lake then the other. Each trying to outdo the other. I went in for that years ago, damn near blew myself up so now I just spray on the OFF and watch the fun. Better that way anyhow. If you go by just wave, I'll be the one in the hammock taking that nap.
UPDATE 7/5/03: Ah, high heat and humidity now that's the ticket. Yesterday the festivities on the lake were met with air so humid you could drink it. A slight breeze helped and as it got dark the air started to cool. Then the fireworks began. Many people set off rockets of various sorts with the better ones getting rounds of hoots and applause. A very nice evening was had by all. Then at about 10:30, having feed every mosquito in a 5 mile radius we went inside. Thank God for air conditioning.
Friday, July 04, 2003
Tuesday, July 01, 2003
THINGS GETTING INTERESTING IN CORTLAND
Did you read the story in Monday's Cortland Standard's Consumer-News about the 5 Democrats leaving the legislature? Three of them are long timers that have held their positions for 28 to 30 years! This leaves an opening for the Republicans to control the legislature. All they have to do is keep all their current legislators and win 3 of the five openings. That 'should' be easy as there are more Republicans than Democrats in the county. I put 'should' in quotes because the Republicans have had a majority of voters for a long time and haven't been able to get many elected. I know little about the Cortland Republican Committee and nothing about who is running things. BUT I am results oriented and if their performance was to judge them then they would all fail. It will be very embarrassing for them if they fail now. It will be fun to watch and more fun for me to talk about.
Update: I received an email that contradicted the Cortland Standard's numbers of Republican vs Democrat legislators. The emailer said there are 6 Republicans and 13 Democrats. I was going to check into this but I couldn't get up enough energy to care one way or the other and didn't. Oh, and you need 10 for a majority.
