The Final Countdown

Tonight I requested (like 5 minutes ago) that the cover artist at my favorite Lewisburg play Europe's 80's hit (and Gob's theme song) "The Final Countdown." Hearing this in a little cafe, synths blazing, is pretty awesome and pretty surreal. What is this place?

3 Noteworthy things today

Today I witnessed a couple noteworthy things:

Chiropractics seems to be the Lewisburg industry. There are tons of these places.

One of my colleagues can unhinge his jaw. He has nearly a flip-top head like a Pez dispenser.

The "Fully Loaded" Campbell's Turkey Pot Pie stew is bad for my belly.

Georgia Conflict

I've stayed pretty tight-lipped about the *ongoing* Russian aggression in Georgia. There's enough on the news and other blogs without me simply repeating what other sources report.

I am providing a link here to a website that gives the necessary information for making a contribution to the victims of the conflict. You can double check the legitimacy of the site by googling the title of the article and you'll see that the report is not fraudulent. The wire has been posted on several news sources including Reuters. So I ask that you consider making a contribution to this fund.

Click here.

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What Lewisburg Lacks

Here are a couple things you'd be hard pressed to find in Lewisburg if you suddenly decided to move here:

1. Mattresses

For some reason there is no store in this town that sells the barest of sleeping essentials. I use 'essential' loosely since I currently sleep on the floor on a blanket and I have not owned a bed in well over a year.

2. Bedding

Ok, so may be it is logical. You don't sell mattresses, so why would you tease us by selling mattress accoutrements? There are lots of home knick knack stores here, but no place that sells sheets. I was told to go to Wal Mart. No thank you. Something tells me that I won't find 400-600 thread count Egyptian cotton top sheets, pillow cases, and fitted sheets there.

3. Recycling

There's no recycling program here. It is incredibly inconvenient to recycle here and you have to haul recyclables yourself, with the exception of one day (yet to be determined) when a truck will come around and pick up your stuff.

4. AT&T coverage

I'm no AT&T customer, but a friend visited who is one. He got no more than 2 bars on his iPhone. I had hoped to leave Verizon for greener pastures and purchase an iPhone, but it looks like I'll be sticking with Verizon for a while longer (excellent coverage up here, Verizon).

5. Mail

Why won't the mail man pick up my mail? My electricity will soon be cut off if he doesn't pick up my agreement with the electric company.

This is not an exhaustive list of things that Lewisburg lacks, but these are the things that surprised me.

It isn't all bad, however. People are polite, meter maids are vigilant, and the weather is great. The town is cute.