John Adams Miniseries

Well, posterity, you will never know what it cost us to preserve your freedom. I only hope that you will make a good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in heaven that I ever took half the pains to preserve it.

 ~John Adams~

These were the closing lines of the final episode of the John Adams miniseries on HBO.  Fantastic.  You need to see it.  The above lines really put the whole thing into perspective.  I also liked the scene tonight when Adams chews out John Trumbull, who painted the famous depiction of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.  He scolds him for the inaccuracy of the painting, which shows the entire Continental Congress gathered for the signing, and reminds him that, "We were at war!  Men were in and out of Philadelphia all summer to affix their names to Mr. Jefferson's hallowed document!"  Well, who knows the accuracy of that encounter?  But I love the sentiment!

Oh, and it's still amazing to me that Adams and Jefferson both died the same day--July 4, 1826.

“The church is a perpetually defeated thing that always survives her conquerors.”

~Hilaire Belloc~

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.

~Samuel Johnson~

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

"Randian Man, like Marxian Man,
is the center of a godless world."
~Whittaker Chambers~

Amorous Inmate?

Those two words should never go together!

Here's a link to the Rockdale Citizen article. Sheriff Wigington is quoted as saying, "I have every intention of looking at revoking his good time."

"The second amendment isn't really a right."
~Rosie O'Donnell~

Cultured Kids

This is our idea of a museum here in Covington!

Bumper Sticker Wisdom

Pretty funny to see this one as we got our second metro Atlanta snowfall in four days! Just remember: thank God for global warming. Without it we'd still be in the Ice Age!

I'm drooling . . .

And not about food. Apple strikes again! Check this out:

Mission Accomplished

Berry's Tree Farm, Covington

More Christmas Shopping

Max and Lily's, Covington Square

Green Doesn't Always Mean Go

Mark Down?

You better believe you'll be marked down with subject-verb agreement like this:

Sons Suzuki, Conyers

Christmas Shopping

A Son After My Own Heart

Cento's Pizza, Perimeter Mall

Commenting later on the pizza slice, Drew said: "Oh, it was gigantic. It was bigger than my head . . . not that my head's big."

It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure.

~ Albert Einstein ~

Free Starbucks, Anyone?

Just checked and this offer is still good.  Click here to sign up for some info on the new Hyatt in Las Vegas and you will get a $10 Starbucks card!  You can even give it to me if you like!  ;)

Back of the loaf is the snowy flour,

And back of the flour is the mill;

And back of the mill is the wheat, and the shower

And the sun, and the Father's will.

—Maltbie D. Babcock

Happy Day After Thanksgiving!

The view from my mail truck: