Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Flag This Entry

The other day, Kathe and I were out delivering papers (that is, Kathe was delivering legal papers, and I was riding along), and we passed a lot full of waving flags.

Now, as it happens, I have long had a special fondness for the so-called Fort Moultrie flag:



"So-called" because the current consensus of opinion is that what actually flew over Fort Moultrie during the American Revolution was something more like this:



The display was flying the latter, but when we stopped and I asked about the former, the owner confirmed that he had that one, too.

So today we are flying the Fort Moultrie flag on our porch, where it will join the rotation with the Stars and Stripes and the U.S. Peace flag:



Next on our list, when we can afford it, is the Earth-from-space flag:



//The Magic Eight-Ball says, "Remember that the symbol is not the object."\\

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

No Self-Serve In Oregon

Thanks to which, we don't have to put up with things like this:



//The Magic Eight-Ball says, "Count your blessings."\\

Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Opening Night of Twelfth Night

Kathe and I went up to the OSU campus to see Bard in the Quad's first performance of Twelfth Night.

We both enjoyed it, in spite of Kathe's feeling poorly.

//The Magic Eight Ball says, "You could do worse on a Summer night."\\