The Herald Bulletin, Anderson, Indiana

Board of Public Works
Tuesday, July 15, 3 p.m., City Building room 501

Member Mark Lamey was not present

1. Indiana E-85 grant

-John Connell, of the city garage, spoke with the board about installing an E85 fuel site in Anderson.

Madison County Board of Commissioners
regular meeting, 10 a.m. July 15 in the Commissioners Court

1. Re-Appointment of Melody Hull to Madison County Cemetery Commission

passed 3-0

2. East Central Solid Waste District/ Employment Agreement

-new employee hired with a part-time contract, passed 3-0

3. Uniform property or easement acquisition offer

-The state offered $450 for a small section of easement off of State Road 32. The commissioners accepted the offer 3-0.

4. Ordinance establishing speed limits

Ever wonder what your governments do all day? Sure, you read about the political moves— which member of the party is appointed, a wrong decision made by an administrator, the mess of chaotic life in politics— but you rarely hear about the daily grind.
The politics is only a third of what elected officials do.
It is partially the newspaper's fault for leading people to believe nothing gets done. Why write about the speed limit change on a rural road if no one is against it? Who is going to pick up the paper for that?

Ever notice that, if you abbreviate the name of a certain rapacious credit card company, it spells "Capone"? As in "Al Capone"?

I'm just saying ...

Six days until "The Dark Knight."

(And to those of you posting anonymously to this here blog, grow up and identify yourselves. We're all much too ancient and frayed beyond use to engage in such base childishness. Big doo-doo heads.)

Hey, everybody! Angelina Jolie had her babies! We can all exhale now and go about living our dreary lives. How sad for the rest of us, that we're not as fabulous as they. I feel unworthy, as if, were I merely to touch the hem of their garments, I would spontaneously combust.

Now I must rest, lest I swoon in despair.

• Brett Favre — Dude, please. Get a hobby. You've said goodbye, what, twice now? How can we miss you if you won't leave?

• The Rev. Jesse Jackson — Jesse, I am second to no one in admiration your service to the cause of civil rights. But evidently you flunked diplomacy. You had your shot at the White House. Don't begrudge Barack Obama his.

• Heidi Fleiss — Another run-in with the law, honey? Was it unintentional, or did you just want to remind the public you're still Heidi Fleiss the Hollywood Madam?

Hey, ma, look! I'm blogging!

There are few things sadder than a guy my age awkwardly embracing a new technology, fumbling about, not knowing where to put his hands, saying the wrong things, burning alive in a blaze of self-loathing and misery ... uh, where was I?

Oh, yeah, embracing technology.

Of course, the irony of this whole thing is that I've been blogging on and off for more than 30 years. It's called a newspaper column. But I guess things change. Life changes. Daily, I'm told.