Thomas L. Johnson's blog

I got tired this week reading our blog -- Dead Sea Scrolls and appeals to personal biblical interpretations, even me talking about redemption and Republicans. In a moment some consider sanity and others insanity, conservative columnist Kathleen Parker started her editorial in today's Washing Post with these words: "As Republicans sort out the reasons for their defeat, they likely will overlook or dismiss the gorilla in the pulpit.

Three little letters, great big problem: G-O-D.

I'm bathing in holy water as I type.

My digital DJ reports yet another personal injury accident at a street corner in I. Falls and I chime in one more time and ask a simple question: WHY NO YIELD SIGNS?
Some time ago, I wrote this on the blog: "Falls intersections are scary, especially for people [like my son] who didn't grow up knowing, for instance, that many of the avenues are de facto through streets and that streets that cross them, despite the lack of yield signs, are outside normal right of way practices.

As I was headed in to town at about 2:30, I noticed a lot of smoke on Turtle Island [also called M Island], a favorite camping and blueberry picking island just to the west of Franson Island. When I landed on the island, I discovered a large perimeter of fire that was fanning out from a spot where some idiot had apparently dumped out a Weber grill. Several larger trees were burning, the bushes were on fire and the flames were headed towards a really nice section of youngish red and white pines, so I went to the boat, emptied out a square tote and started fighting fire.

A year ago on this blog, we were all getting ready for the all-school reunion. And getting ready for the long primary season leading up to the elections of 2008. It was exciting.

This week, the lights have dimmed on this old site. Whereas VikesFan was getting the discussion rolling on language-learning and immigrants a year ago, I am wondering this year where all of our energy went. It can't be that we are bored by the prospect of Barack Obama and John McCain, could it? Or Norm Coleman against Al Franken and maybe even Jesse the Body?

We have written a lot in this space about illegals and legals. We have called each other names and listened to the wisdom of norpole.