Scarlett meets Carol

For CJ, since we can't seem to get around to watching her Carol Burnett Show DVDs.

Animals. They're not like us

It really depends on your perspective.

I'll say it again

Everybody's thinking of them today, but tomorrow and the next day and the next, don't forget these folks.

Meanwhile, I am thrilled that gay veterans in the United States no longer have to deal with "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Here are some gay Navy propaganda posters for you.

For a hot, hazy Sunday afternoon

Nina Simone singing to her baby.

That's about right

I swear, has there been a more perfectly named storm for Georgia? I think everyone raised in the South--black and white--either had an Uncle or Aunt Beryl (first names in the South can be strangely non-gender specific) or knows someone who did. White folks pronounce it like "curl" with a B.

Here's hoping everyone stays safe in the storm zone, btw.

People pondering

A shout-out to a fabulous fellow blogger.

Fish wrapper

I got my last newspaper reporting job in 1992 when a spot came open at a mid-sized Tennessee daily. The woman I replaced had taken a job at Nashville's afternoon paper, the Banner (most cities the size of Music City had both a morning daily and an afternoon daily at the time).

20 years later, it's a whole new world for those who buy ink by the barrel.

The images are the flags at the three dailies where I worked.