Wonderful weather, aint it? God Im rarely this un-motivated. Even my train of thought is dead in the station. I scanned todays Times, meh.
With the exception of the Purple Heart story, which we all saw last night on the news anyway, its a slow news day. National news? Feds bust Al-Kinda cell in Cali. OOh.. shock. We know they are here, were just picking them off as we see fit.
Theres an op/ed piece written by Ed Hall from Hall Assoc. on the Art Museum and Solar Reflector thing. I understand his point, and its valid - but another op/ed written from the wrong angle.
Most talk about the uplifting nature of having the art museum open downtown in a giant solar reflector. How such a cultural attraction will SURELY not only attract, but keep a younger crowd in Roanoke. Those who leave Roanoke because its not like New York City, they should stay now! Its not going to happen. Those who are unsatisfied with the place they were born, are going to view any attempt to get them to stay as entrapment. They will be jaded to it, they are the kind who dont go to the Farmers Market because its "stupid." They never realize what they have till they leave it. The Art Museum is not going to convince them otherwise.
Trust me on this one, Im extremely jaded to the charms of NYC. Except at Christmas, thats really the only time I ever truly cared about being there. And even that was shot out the window after I saw "Dickens of a Christmas" last year. Discontent is born in the soul, and not the street. As Ive said - people allready have access to the arts here in Roanoke, and they dont go.
But thats old news anyway - how many times will we have to keep rehashing the same old story. I guess everything has the potential to become the Warhorse story that Victory Staduim is, given enough time and general inaction. Again I point to the Vision 2020 program the city itself laid out a few years back. If we, the people, just held them to it - we wouldnt have these debates. Wouldn't need to.
Other than that, nothing really new in the news today. Although that can always change at a moments notice. Yesterday I know while I was at the hospital - I heard of 2 children being hit by cars. 2 seperate incidents.
Newsworthy? As an illustration to those amazingly distracted drivers, yes. For the familys, probably not. Most times you really dont want your familys personal time of crisis writ large on the main page.
But heres the kicker to the story. The kids were both ok. Aside from bruising, maybe a broken bone, some bleeding - they were going to be ok.
Not often you hear a happy ending like that.
And thats where Im going to leave this.. maybe more to come.. if this train gets rollin again.
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