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as Blue Skies Falling is moving…

Last December, mindful of gloom and thunder, I posted this. Six months later, when news in both Flint and the world at large tends to be more often depressing, something wonderful has happened.

In the (well-chosen) words of the Flint Journal:

‘The rock’ reborn
People’s billboard, with care, could be better than ever
Monday, June 20, 2005

Whether it was creatively applied pressure or Don Williamson wising up on his own, we applaud the mayor’s decision to resurrect “the rock” as the people’s billboard.

COMMENTS:
– It was a long weekend, but one with little fanfare. On Friday, we had a residents day, so there really wasn’t much to do after eleven. I took CTA down to the Auditorium building (Michigan and Congress) and “poked around” for awhile (ie.

There will be a couple spoilers.

Check out the context. The context is important. Not all-important. It takes effect.

I saw this series in its entirety for just the second time this last month. Needing to be obsessed with something at all times, and too wound to allow myself to become totally obsessed by either the move or the wedding, this was to be a fine, brainless burst of nostalgia to shift the tempo from spring to summer and allow me to immerse in the hormones I’ll need to survive the next three months.

The Flint Journal has just announced this week the abrupt “debriefing” of Flint Housing Commission Director Clyde Caldwell. Given the housing catastrophe that’s played out this spring in addition to the inscrutible (at best) actions of the FHC, the action isn’t surprising.

COMMENTS:
– I’m too tired and in a bad mood to write much today. :(
– Enetation sux.

COUNTRY OF THE DAY
Australia.

WORD OF THE DAY
Hubba-hubba.

NEWS OF THE DAY
New York Times: House Blocks a Provision for Patriot Act Inquiries.

But Enetation’s been ridiculous lately.
Please try back now and then, and hopefully they’ll go up soon.
I’m switching over to Blogger’s comments in the next week, approximately.

Two Faces and a Blob with a Bunch of Eyes.

Testing. 1. 2. 3.

COMMENTS:
– Last night was another relatively short day at work. Summer is the down time the year for Lasik, and I’m having a hard time consistantly logging even thirty-five hours a week. I got home, took a nap (I’m starting to feel like an erstwhile former president, except alive and nicer), worked on the usual, and walked about a mile-and-a-half south/southwest to visit with Sean and Alejandra in Uptown.