There’s been a lot said and written already about Obama’s speech on racism. But my favorite view so far has been Cobb’s:

Obama certainly was willing to take on that mantle as the leader of the free world, and why wouldn’t he? The president is many things to many people. But when push comes to shove, there is only so much of that symbolism any reasonable man can shoulder, and Obama has demonstrated a bit of wisdom in shrugging off that responsibility today. He disowns no one, and takes no responsibility for their dysfunctions. That’s on you.

There’s really nothing left to say.

Indeed. It’s up to people to make the world a better place. Leaders can inspire, but the final change rests with you.

On Saturday night, March 15th, a storm system moved through the area. It knocked out a transmission station in local county, putting most of Savannah in the dark and casting lightning throughout the sky. Me and Lisa watched from the darkness porch and resisted the urge to go driving around. That was smart as numerous accidents occurred and the city was put in mild state of chaos. It’s rare that the entire city loses power, usually it’s just a section or two.

I’ve always loved being in the midst of storms (I stuck around Savannah when Hurricane Floyd came through in 1999), there’s something gloriously alive about it, but ya gotta play it safe too. There were tornado warnings for surrounding counties, so we made sure we had emergency supply ducks in a row and just hung out on the porch watching the world go by. I too a few photos, which can be found over on Flickr, while cell phone video is below.

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Much has written and said about the drought in Georgia and what it means. But hearing about the drought and then seeing the effects up close are dratiscally different.

Back in February, we spent a weekend at cabin in Santee, South Carolina, which has numerous campsites and cabins along Lake Marion, a man made lake. Though we had gotten a cabin on the lake, we had arrived late at night, so there was much to see. The next morning I got up and walked the 30 yards to the shorelline and was perplexed by the strange trees I saw on the shore, pictured below (yeah it’s crappy photo, but my camera’s light sensor seemed to go on the fritz, blowing out the highlights)


It took me a minute to realize that I was seeing the part of the trees that was usually under water. More frightening was that I seeing about 5-6 feet of previously hidden tree parts.

Then I looked around and saw just how bad it really was:


The previous waterline was visible all around the lake. Where I was standing had previously been underwater and now it was just…gone, with nothing left to replace it. And judging from how much water had gone done, it would be a long time, if ever, before the water levels returned to their previous state.

Really funny recap of the first 3 seasons of Battlestar Galatica, in a mere eight minutes, in preparation for the 4th season premiere on April 4th

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-6yL_tMUDps