Slow Week

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May 02, 2005

Slow Week

Several factors are going to render this blog slightly less active in the coming week.

The wife and I are taking a few much-needed days off from the corporate day jobs, and our intent is to get as much done on the outside of our home as is possible. (Plus, Tuesday is our third wedding anniversary. In related news, I still don't know what to get for her.)

On Friday, as early in the morning as I can, I will be heading to Middle Tennessee for BlogNashville. I'm looking forward to this conference. Since, however, I haven't yet received that 15" PowerBook from anyone, I doubt I'll be able to blog until I return. And Sunday is, of course, Mother's Day -- the wife's first. (In related news, I still don't know what to get for her.)

There are a few things to mention quickly. First, visit BillHobbs.com and read all about House Speaker Jimmy Naifeh's recent actions over a bill he apparently didn't want to come up. Regardless of our individual opinions of proposed legislation (FYI, this bill would allow legally concealed firearms in establishments that serve alcohol), our expectation as citizens is that our representatives process legislation in accordance with established institutional rules; else they legally change the rules (and we voters have the final say in whether we like those changes at elections time). I haven't come to a personal conclusion regarding this story, but the (often partisan) accounts on many blogs do not paint a very pretty picture. Our citizen legislature needs to be purged of Democrats and Republicans who in any way abuse or disrespect the office to which they are elected.

The 2006 Senate candidates are engaging in more (largely useless and inaccurate) polling.

In local matters, the Burn Ban is now in effect (through 30 September, in Hamilton County). The Tennessee Aquarium's new section and the new Pier at Ross's Landing opened this past weekend. I haven't even checked out the things that opened the previous weekend, let alone these. It has been a busy time, musically speaking. I'm not complaining, though. If I may indulge in a sentence of true internet diary-entry (one of the many uses of weblogs), I continue to employ "creative visioning" toward an eventual career that would consist of a combination of music-making and writing/blogging.

Well, the lawn tools beckon.. Happy reading -- even if it's elsewhere.

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