11/11/99
Saucer

We've had an insanely beautiful stretch of weather here in Memphis over the past two weeks. It's been all warm, sunny days and cool clear nights. Fall weather here is usually mild but it can vary widely; rainy, hot and humid followed by icy cold is not unusual for this time of year. This long a stretch of pleasantness is out of the ordinary.

It's supposed to last through the weekend, too. I think the Wife and I are going to try and make a trip to the zoo we've been putting off for one reason or another since the spring. Got to visit the relatives every once in a while, you know.




COGIC is in town again! COGIC - the Church of God in Christ, Inc. - is a charismatic protestant denomination with strong ties to Memphis; their headquarters are here, they were founded here and their annual convention - the Convocation - is held here every year.

To the Memphian, your average COGIC member is about two things:

So the Convocation is going on and downtown is full of all these fabulous clothes and all the clothes shops on Main Street (who cater to the bright suit/big hat crowd in the first place) have signs out that say "WELCOME COGIC" and such things as that. It is a surreal but friendly scene.

Al Gore spoke at the Convocation's opening ceremony the other night; they had it at Mason Temple, where Martin Luther King gave his "Mountaintop" speech. I thought that was a cool little piece of Memphis history.




If you don't follow the New Orleans hip-hop scene, the following comments will mean nothing to you.

A No Limit/Cash Money feud is near at hand. Don't you know it really pisses Master P off that Juvenile and the whole Cash Money crew can come along and do the New Orleans project gangsta thing better (and bigger) than he ever did?

The thing is, though, that all these guys have made a lot of money and live in exclusive neighborhoods and gated communities now. One of them might try and do a drive-by, but the security guard at the gate won't let them in because they're not on the approved guest list.




Aaaaaaah!

Aaaaaaah!

Eeeeeeek!

One arm! One arm!

Aaaaaaah!

I think the definition for "babe" should read something like this:

Babe:
a person who, at the very
least, has all their limbs.






I went to the Flying Saucer tonight. My recommendation? The Young's Double Chocolate Stout. It's like a Hershey bar, except it's a beer. Yummy!





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