Archive for October 2008
Signs of the Times
While driving along the North Coast last Sunday, Slim and I both observed something : almost every political sign in front of the multi-million dollar homes of the “old money” and “nouveau riche” were in support of the McCain/Palin ticket. Today, as I was driving through one of Cleveland’s “Trendy & Cool” neighborhoods, chock full of hipsters, gays & young apartment dwellers – the opposite. The only signs to be found were Obama/Biden, and I thought about the interesting contrast, especially since the two areas are only separated by a short distance.
Speaking of, LeBron James and Jay-Z are throwing a free concert at Quicken Loans Arena in support of Obama/Biden. As I passed through downtown, I noticed a line of about 75 people outside of Consumer Credit Counseling – how sad I thought. Driving through Lakewood past the O/B Headquarters I noticed several hundred people in line for the free tickets. Upon further review, the people downtown were doing the same, so I guess it wasn’t as sad as I originally surmised.
O/B’s campaign team has been out in force, trying to register voters and rally support – something I have not seen much evidence of from Mc/P. I have even been visited at home multiple times. I am not personally voting for either candidate for my own reasons, but I think it’s fairly clear that Obama will be our next President…
And Then There Were Two
Annabelle the cat, aka “Belle”, “Stewmeat”, “Keeper of The Underworld”, “Fat B*stard” and “R. Kelly” has passed; in Lakewood, age 15. She stopped eating this week, and was diagnosed with late-stage kidney failure with basically zero chance for recovery – she went down hill extremely fast.
Lisa could not bear to see it, so I went back to the vet’s to “be there” at about 3:20pm today. I told her she had a “good run”, especially being a rescue cat. As I scratched her head she just purred away, eyes closed, then she quickly drifted off. I’ve always wondered what it would be like to put a pet down, and I felt bad – really bad, since she was still very alert albeit very sick.
Besides Slim and I, she leaves behind her partners in crime our two dogs, Roxie and Terra…
