No Rain?

Wednesday morning is upon us once again. The winds have died down and it doesn’t seem to be raining anymore. The forecast calls for cloudy weather during the next few days, allowing us a chance to dry out a little bit.

Yesterday, we took a little break from the gloom of rain and wind and drove into Chico to get some groceries. A good idea and it went well, but we had forgotten about the “minefields” in grocery stores. Yes, we had the twins in our shopping carts and every aisle seemed to have some attractive item in it, something that one or the other wanted very much. We only had one crying incident and that is when I wouldn’t let either one hold the yoghurt. Bad grandpa!

All is quiet this morning (and grandpa is forgiven) with the twins asleep for at least another two hours. So I’m looking at the news as is my usual habit for this hour…the sad news is that only one miner survived the explosion at a West Virginia coal mine and 12 died. And this “accident” happened at a mine that had over 200 safety violations last year.

One can only hope that this tragedy will put that particular coal mining company out of business…forever.

The other big headline is all about Jack Abramoff. This is going to be like watching a train derailment in slow motion. Lots of fun ahead! And maybe Randy (Duke) Cunningham will see a familiar face or two in the adjoining cells.

The state news has our acting governor trying to give the schools as much money as he can in a sudden reversal of his former policies. I can hardly wait to hear his speech tomorrow where he will explain the logic of all this. (Obvious…he wants to be re-elected) Don’t misunderstand me; I think that the schools/education should get the majority of our tax dollars. Even more than they do now. But I also know that most taxpayers are quite stingy when it comes to funding education. They will spend $80 for a ticket to a Kings game, but will balk at any increase of spending at their local school. And since the governor is not going to propose new taxes, but just move the existing dollars around, the public will go for it. And then promptly forget it. Until the next education crisis.

Ah! Actors and politicians…they go together so well! And so predictably.