Heading south on I45, middle of the night, looking to catch the sun rising on Galveston Island. This is the sound that blasted out of the 8-track in the VW Bus we used to haul ourselves and our boards south that summer almost 40 years ago…three or four buddies with pocket change. Dreams of sand and surf and girls…CCR

This could explain the Republican love affair with GW Bush…

Michael Gerson - Sticking Points for Obama - washingtonpost.com
A president is expected to be a patriotic symbol himself, not the arbiter of patriotic symbols. He is supposed to be the face-painted superfan at every home game; to wear red, white and blue boxers on special marital occasions; to get misty-eyed during the most obscure patriotic hymns.

Evidently, thought is not required…pandering to expectations is. I guess this explains the narrative of the 2000 election where George W was the one the press kept pushing as the candidate you would like to sit down and have a beer with. You know the guy…makes up funny derogatory nicknames for everyone…recovering alcoholic who doesn’t drink. Yea, just the person I want to have a sit down with over beer…

Then we have this…

Charles Krauthammer - Too Late to the Duck Hunt - washingtonpost.com
The line of attack is clear: not that Obama is himself radical or unpatriotic, just that, as a man of the academic left, he is so out of touch with everyday America that he could move so easily and untroubled in such extreme company and among such alien and elitist sentiments.

“So out of touch with everyday America…”, Mr. Krauthammer when was the last time you had to live life as an “everyday American”? I know, your analysis is of Hillary’s lack of a plan to give Republican’s the Democratic candidate they dreamed of, but get over it.

The “academic left”…as opposed to who? George W went to the same schools, are you saying he just couldn’t or wouldn’t apply himself to the subjects being taught? Does that make our present President a member of the academic right?

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The conventional wisdom since Tuesday’s primaries is that the Hillary & Bill Show has run it’s course…My question is…Who has to tell Hillary? She seems to have not heard the shouting in the streets.

Eugene Robinson - The Card Clinton Is Playing - washingtonpost.com
“It’s still early,” Clinton said Wednesday, vowing to fight on. At some level, she seems to believe the nomination is hers. Somebody had better tell her the truth before she burns the house down.

It’s freeway roulette time…catch you on the  other side…

Two years ago today I started North Carolina Mountain Dreams, my first blog. That first post was entitled “Inventing the Myth as I Go“. It seems that not much has changed in two years. I am still dreaming about the mountains, still creating the myth of my life as I go.

I have become friends with some amazing people through the pages of thes blogs I pour my meager muses into. Some I have actually met, some are just “imaginary friends” (to borrow a phrase). Where this all is heading is still to become evident…but I wouldn’t miss the ride for anything.

Happy Birthday North Carolina Mountain Dreams…

Crank up the AC: 90-degree days return to Houston this week | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
Summer’s coming, and right on schedule, too.

Forecasters say Houston’s mercury should top 90 degrees Thursday or Friday.

During the past decade, the year’s first 90-degree day came anywhere from April 17 to May 23.

But on average, the first 90-degree day has come on May 9 (which is Friday).

The first 90-degree day generally signals that we’re beyond the point of receiving strong cool fronts.

The nights have been getting warmer for the past few weeks. A few nights of low 70’s followed by a quick cool front and a couple of nights where the low hits the 60’s (with a teaser falling into the 50’s on occasion). It looks like that is coming to an end…All you folk further north enjoy spring for me. Summer’s here.

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Free Will Astrology : Aquarius Horoscope
When the spell is broken, Aquarius, you will be able to tap into resources that you’ve been cut off from. When the spell is broken, you will finally notice three big, beautiful secrets that have been staring you in the face. When the spell is broken, you will slip down off a clean, lofty perch where it has been hard to relax and arrive at a low, funky spot where you’ll be free to feel things you haven’t felt in a long time. When the spell is broken, it will be because you have decided to break it.

True…Not true? Does it really matter? This weeks horoscope says something to me…When I figure out what, I’ll let you know.

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I have been tweaking and updating this site for the past couple of weeks…What do ya think?

I’ll be adding new artwork to the header in the coming days, so check back (and hit the refresh button) to see what’s new.

Well…It’s that time again and the Houston freeway traffic is calling my name.@