Not really, sara-- only a little bit of I-85. But it does include the Selma-Montgomery route.
My heart expands / 'tis grown a bulge in't / inspired by / your beauty effulgent.
William ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 61*
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Barb - Nov 05, 2008 4:41:23 pm PST #9602 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
billytea - Nov 05, 2008 4:43:56 pm PST #9603 of 10001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
That's a really interesting belt of blue, billy.
Isn't it? It's persistent, and quite strongly blue. And is in such stark contrast to the rest of the state.
Signed,
Strangely fascinated by Alabama
Connie Neil - Nov 05, 2008 4:47:44 pm PST #9604 of 10001
brillig
Hubby and I have been talking about Prop 8, and he has some interesting points. How are "man" and "woman" defined? What about FTM/MTF/etc? What about if a man who can pass beautifully as a woman walks in to the marriage license office with someone more traditionally masculine? Is there going to be a crotch check?
Barb - Nov 05, 2008 4:48:06 pm PST #9605 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
And also checking the county lines and the city demarcations, Auburn isn't quite in there either, since it lies at the western edge of Lee county which went red.
However, I wasn't wrong about Tuskeegee being there.
Alabama's quite an interesting state. I'll never forget, driving along !-65 northbound, halfway between Montgomery and Birmingham, there was this GIGANTIC billboard that had a devil, horns and pitchfork, the whole nine yards, dancing amidst flames, with the admonition to "Go to church or the Devil will get you!"
Somewhere there's a picture of me standing beneath that billboard quaking in mock fear.
sarameg - Nov 05, 2008 4:48:32 pm PST #9606 of 10001
Strangely fascinated by Alabama
It has good meat'n'threes!
And it is really beautiful, and hauntingly so in some places (I only know Birmingham.)
Kat - Nov 05, 2008 4:50:50 pm PST #9607 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
What the hell is a meat'n'three?
My child is kicking the hell out of the wall through his crib. Seriously?
Also, is there really a Godless American PAC?
Barb - Nov 05, 2008 4:54:34 pm PST #9608 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
Meat and three sides. Classic southern diner staple.
And the hills around Birmingham are pretty amazing, especially in the winter. Very stark, with all the granite exposed.
quester - Nov 05, 2008 5:02:50 pm PST #9609 of 10001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I had basic training and MP school and Fort McClellan (sp) in Aniston, AL. It was in the foot hills and gorgeous. but Wallace was the governor so leaving the post was not fun for my African-American compatriots.
Barb - Nov 05, 2008 5:07:13 pm PST #9610 of 10001
“Not dead yet!”
I can only imagine.
Speaking of Wallace, though, a really touching essay by his daughter, Peggy Wallace Kennedy on CNN today.
SailAweigh - Nov 05, 2008 5:07:46 pm PST #9611 of 10001
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
especially in the winter. Very stark, with all the granite exposed.
I drove through Birmingham during the month of December on my way from Memphis to Tampa way back when. With all apologies to those who love the area, I thought it was ugly as hell. It could be that the interstate ran past some heavily industrial areas. All I knew was it didn't look like a place I wanted to stop and visit.