severe thunderstorm warning for Clinton

yep, lightning and rain right here right now.....still warm and muggy......from what it says on the tele, it should be gone through in twenty minutes or so......just finished watching a samurai movie, and before that some "Keeping up Appearances" ......it's really coming down right now, think I'll go out on the porch and watch......fixed black beans and rice with ham for supper....tasty.....

late afternoon

I had to rub in some emu oil for my throbbing lower back after messing with that silly sewer snake earlier in the day....nothing like a silly sewer, I always say.....anyway, been listening to Robin Trower on mog for a couple of hours....plenty of R.T. out there, and he is one of my favorites.....just put some diced ham in olive oil and added a box of black beans and rice mix....should take about a half hour on a slow burner.....I need to think about groceries on Wednesday.....I need orange juice, oatmeal, butter.....have half a loaf of bread.....

had to spend money

I hate spending money.....the sewer line to the street was clogged up again, so I rented a sewer tape at True Value for five bucks for five hours.....got the 100' tape about 50' towards the street and couldn't get it to go any further, after about an hour of trying.....since that is right where the roots to the oak tree would be, I took the thing back to the hardware store and got the name of a local Clinton plumber who they said had the only good roto-rooting machine in town.....got back to the house and called him up, and he said he was only two blocks away and would be right there....sure enough, he drove up in a few minutes and cleared out the line in two passes.....$185, which is a bargain compared to the actual Roto-Rooter Company, which would have had to come from Greenwood and wanted $100 just to drive to the house, and $200 at least for cleaning a line from the house to the street......in theory, a new plastic line was run to the street in 2003, according to the disclosures....and roots shouldn't get into it? Who knows.....the plumber thought that maybe they got in at a joint where the line seemed to change angle to avoid the oak.....anyway, the only way to get things done is to have the right tools.....I'm going to try that stuff that says it kills roots.....other than that, another nice day here, mild, a little muggy, possible rain after midnight.....goofing around with the sewer, I skipped lunch, since I was on a mission....can't say that I miss it much, actually.....so now I'm running a small load in the washer, since now the water should drain OK......

curry in the creamed corn

kick it up a notch.....that and scalloped potatoes for supper.....watched the english language al jezaree feed for a little different slant on today's news.....and watched another Waiting for God, and a thing about making chicken tamales on a Diners Dives and Drive-in segment.....maybe I'll look for a movie shortly.....right now got a npr feed with people analyzing what the death of Ben Laden means to the nation.....sort of a history lesson.....

british comidy

searching Netflix, I found 22 episodes of "Waiting for God".....one of my favorites.....so I watched a couple of those last night.....59 and a little breeze on the early walk, looking at around 80 again in the afternoon.....yesterday it barely touched that, since some clouds came over and it stayed mostly in the 70's......it was still pleasant out on the front porch after 10 at night, still some folks out walking at that time, or riding bikes....the streets are well lit, at least in the immediate downtown area......about the right time now to go walk the park, before it gets much hotter.....I put some Harvard beets in with the three-bean salad for my veggie side last night....that worked...

english language feed

of the evening news from French television.....lots more stuff about Libya and the Middle East and how the workers of the world march on May Day than you'll get on network news generated state-side......

maydaymayday

french toast with ham for sunday breakfast......a little cooler this morning than yesterday at the same time, but should get up to around 80 again by the afternoon.....I think the local Clinton AM station carries espn nba playoff radio, but I'm not sure.....I was thinking of listening to the games today and sort of taking a nap stretched out on the sofa at the same time......we'll see if I get around to that or not.....didn't see much traffic out on my early walk, quiet Sunday morning.....things will get quieter in a couple of weeks when the College is out for the Summer.....