Everyone hates Monday. That was the day Hurricane Katrina hit, so now we all have even more reason to despise the day. On that note, thought I would remind you all what 626 looked like when I first visited. The street had been cleared somewhat--enough for one car to drive through the mountains of used-to-be houses, trees, walls, cars, etc.
While I'm thinking about it, if anyone out there is an Outkast fan, check out the band's new video on Youtube.com. The link I previously posted isn't working anymore, but I'll keep trying to find one that works. I think Andre 3000 is going for a Katrina-inspired deal over there. Basically it's a bunch of people in a juke joint having a big time. Then a flood comes. The water pours in, but they all keep dancin'! This song might be the 2006 entry on the Soundtrack of My Life I'm creating on iTunes. For my 30th birthday, I am going to make my friends a CD with one song per year on it. I've already gotten to 1989. It's much harder than it sounds.
Okay, back to the pictures. See all that stuff piled up? Now go back and look at the cleaned-off lot. If that ain't a makeover, then I don't know what it is, honey.
Well, I hope your Mondays are better than mine. The Katrina Anniversay will be on Tuesday, August 29, of course. Down at Second Street (Owen Palmer) Park lots of volunteers will be building a new playground, sponsored by the folks over at Kaboom. They have this program called "Operation Playground" and Owen Palmer Park was chosen as a participating park. Mr. Palmer was about the sweetest little man I knew when I was growing up. I know that he'd think it was pretty swell that the park was getting such a fancy playground. Here's a link to the group's web site: http://www.kaboom.org/AboutUs/OperationPlayground/tabid/6804/Default.aspx. If you are in or around the Puerto on the 29th, you should join us.
Till next time.
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