RedOctane Metal Pad
In anticipation of our upcoming Gaming Night, we ordered something called the RedOctane Afterburner Metal Pad because we carefully listened to the admonishment of Stephen Abram last summer. The box has arrived. I will post some more pictures as we get closer to the event.
Google Mapped
Google Maps and Google Earth have been great to explore the last year or so when it comes to visiting other places but pretty useless in our humble little area. I could look in on the places I had visited in Seattle but everything local was just a blur. This morning, I was testing a link from Google Calendar to a local location and I had a pleasant surprise. I can actually see my library now. This should definitely come in handy when I am giving people directions.
Gaming at the Library
I just completed an application for a Community Library in Caring Grant. It all came together fairly quickly (nothing like trying to complete a grant application while a hurricane seems to bearing down) but I am pretty pleased with it and have high hopes when it comes to the judging process. In case you are interested, you can check out this pdf of the narrative portion. Overall, I was very happy with the entire process as the idea didn’t even originate with me but it seems to have been well received at all the relevant levels.
Ernesto
Well, for the fifth time in three years, we are activating shelters locally. It is not expected to be a big event, but one never really knows about these things. I will post more later; hopefully, not a great deal later.
Update: Other than me losing a whole night of sleep sitting around in an elementary school cafeteria all night, it was pretty much a non-event. We didn’t even get the rain that was promised.
The Immigration Debate
My little home town (where I still live) does not often receive national attention. And I can’t ever remember it making the International stage.
A city council in central Florida has rejected a by-law that would have been among the strictest local legislation in the US against illegal immigrants. Members of the Avon Park council voted 3-2 against the by-law, or ordinance, after a heated five-hour debate. – BBC
Personally, I was not very persuaded by most of the arguments against the ordinance (not that there were not valid arguments, but I didn’t hear any of the speakers I saw making them). Ultimately, though, the city would have spent a fortune on court costs if the vote had gone the other way. And now the debate returns to the federal level, which is where it should be.
And Avon Park can slip back into obscurity once more.
