My day so far. Got out of bed at 4:10 am, stumbling about in the dark I stubbed the little toe on my left foot, it's still barking at me. :-P Got rained on getting to the car to drive to BART, then missed my train. Checked my bank account via Blackberry while on the train and saw that there were two $45 withdrawals for BART this morning on my auto-load ticket, I thought that was sort of odd and figured I would call them later. Got to SF and my EZ Rider (auto-loading BART ticket) would not let me out of the gate. I talked to the station agent and they checked my card and said it is inactive. Though when I checked on their web site they say my card IS active. I went and bought coffee for Ellard and me at Starbucks, brought it to my desk and turned it upside down dumping the entire cup onto the desk and the floor. Called BART EZ Rider customer service and got told to leave a message... they have never called back. Maybe I should have just stayed in bed today :'( Eat a live toad the first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.
I didn't make our local Tea Party , but it pulled hundreds of people as well... Tea, anyone? from Father Hollywood by Father Hollywood Like hundreds of thousands of other Americans, the Hollywoods enjoyed a tea party this past Wednesday. "Tea party" (wink wink). Nothing subversive about sipping a little Darjeeling, eh wot? Nothing to see here, Miss Napolitano. Anyway, our local festivities were held at Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Metairie. There were literally thousands of people crammed into the neutral ground (though on that day, the ground was anything but...), as cars and trucks poured by the busy boulevard laing on their horns in support. Here are pictures. And like every such gathering in our environs, there was even a brass band and an improptu "second line" parade. It was a "party" after all. But it was a party with a serious reason. The crowds were so overwhelming that it was hard to hear the speakers, and unfortunately, we did have a fe...