Wildlife: Blue Heron sighting on Middle Foy's Lake -- Flying low at sunset, landing near the wild roses on the west end of the lake. I think there might be a nest over there.



Visit: A Tale of Two Movies

Weather: Light rain yesterday, fairly clear today, and a touch cold for mid-May.

Charity Alert: Animal Rescue Site

In The Community: Don't miss the Auction of Miniatures at the Hockaday Museum of Art this Friday! Hockaday Museum of Art
(There's going to be only ONE bar this time -- that Martini stand got folks reelin' and rockin' last year, but I'm not sure we sold any more because of it.)
While trying to videotape our Current Events show for Bresnan Cable Channel 9, the wind made outdoor shooting damn near impossible. When the announcer was facing one way, the wind roared in her microphone (even with a windscreen). When her back was to the breeze, her hair flew in every direction. We attemped to find shelter in the lee of an evergreen tree, but as we set up the camera one more time, the college's riding mower clattered around the corner, driving us indoors.

Media Watch: The Jeopardy Tournament of Champions is in it's semifinals -- fun!
PBS Blues: George Galloway, a Scottish MP known for his anti-war and anti-imperialistic activism, faced down hostile members of the US Senate yesterday. He also appeared on PBS' Charlie Rose interview show, but it was a sad scene, completly unworthy of the great legacy of Public Television.
My posting on DailyKos.com: I saw Galloway on Charlie Rose too!
I was wondering if anyone here saw and heard what I did -- Mr. Rose, downcast and slumping in his posture, was throwing banal recycled dodgeball attacks at Mr. Galloway instead of asking him new questions, or even listening to his replies.
Rose resembled a groundhog toothing a fencepost rather than an attack dog, but his show is supposed to be informational rather that controversial.
Galloway was the one who was flying the Atlantic both ways, but he didn't look dispirited or tired at all.
There was a time when I would have projected onto Rose motives of institutional fear that made him pretend like he was auditioning for Fox News, but I'm wondering if he was just plain too "bushed" to perform -- even when handed the hottest interviewee of the day.
There was a point where Galloway's demeanor changed from that of a slightly nonplussed guest ("What the Hell is Rose on me for? He's not like this to others.") to a person with something better to do than put up with abuse. He straighted up a little and took over the show -- saying much of what he'd said earlier right in the faces of US senators.
I admired Galloway for refraining from the many scathing remarks he could have rightly tossed back at Rose, but unlike many of our officials, he is not a cavalier bully.