Sunday, December 31, 2006

James Brown's Funeral in the James Brown Arena

These are internet pictures of the James Brown Funeral inside the arena named after him (in no particular order):

DC Hammer
Mrs. James Brown
Micheal Jackson




He was wearing sequined shoes
James Brown's daughter fixing her father's hair






The ground floor of the arena. Over 8000 people were on the surrounding walls. The viewing line came in at the right corner and went down the side and then across the back where the gold casket was and the line came back up the left side and out

Yesterday down at the James Brown Arena

Yesterday I went to the post office and right across the street is the James Brown Arena named after him in August. It was kinda unusual to realize that James Brown's viewing was going on at that very moment. So I just got in line and after about 30 minutes, the line was inside the arena, my first time to be inside.






This Friday James Brown Statue on Broad Street

More pictures of the activity around the James Brown Statue on Broad Street (in no particular order):






This Friday James Brown Statue

Here are some pictures taken last Friday of the activity around James Brown Statue on Broad Street:







Tuesday, December 19, 2006

The Rebel and Our Doctor


Hey, Carolyn, remember when we were kids and a train came through Wanilla that was called "The Rebel"? I could not believe it when I found a picture of the train on the internet, taken in 1935, the year you were born. I remember me and Mother and I think it was Aunt Net rode the train to New Orleans one time when I was about 6 or 7 years old. I remember crossing that big Lake Ponchatrain. Needless to tell you what that did to a little country kid's head. My mother and Aunt Net went shopping at the big stores on Canal Street I am sure and I will never forget these elevated wires all over the top of the stores that the cashier would use to attach the payment onto a fist size clip and this clip would then ride from above the clerk across the top of the store up this long wire into a window on the second floor which was the office. And shortly here it came back with the change and receipt. There were constant movements of these clips going there and coming here and zooming across from side to side.

Thought you might like to see a picture of our doctor. Dr Vu is from Viet Nam and is the best doctor we ever had. He doesn't let you waste time on anything if he knows it will not help. I told him about my numb feet and need a recommendation of a foot specialist from him. He flatly told me it is not curable and he thinks I should find comfortable soft shoes and learn to live with the "nummies".

Sunday, December 17, 2006

A Real Augusta Trolley

Today I went to the Augusta Museum of History for the first time and was quite surprised to see on display a real authentic trolley, one that was used in the city.




All Aboard!