September musings

Sometimes matters swirl around you and eliminate your ability to cope with the day to day callings of life. Sometimes circumstances cause you to flip the switch on your brain so that you are no longer capable of handling the stresses of your life. Today may be one of those days.

I have a ton of matters to deal with. They are all looking for attention. In the mix, I have clients calling me who are changing their minds about the matters for which I am providing assistance. Today, I have a new appointment in which I am dealing with a divorce case which has begun, terminated, begun again, terminated and now is attempting to begin again. Who knows where it may land.

Fortuna's wheel continues to spin.

Cindy and I are still looking to drive up to Monteagle for the W&L vs. Sewanee game on Saturday. We intend to enjoy the day in the Tennessee mountains and followup with a visit in Chattanooga on Sunday. This would be our first trip as a couple in a long time. Knock on wood that there will be gas left at the tanks along the way to get us up there and back.

I don't know what I think about Sarah Palin for VP. I like her. She is quite articulate, even when she is providing her own thoughts, rather than reading a prepared speech. I like the Alaska aura.

But I am not sure if I like her as a Vice President. She suffers from the same problem that Barack Obama suffers from. I am just not sure she is seasoned enough for the office. They are both articulate and intelligent. They are very similar in many ways. I would like to see a one on one in basketball between them. That would be interesting.

But neither one of them has a whole lot of experience at this point in their lives.

We don't get candidates who are this youthful these days. We seem to get ones like Senators McCain and Biden most of the time.

I really think we should swap running mates and let McCain run with Biden and Obama run with Palin. Now that would be a real choice.

The electorate is broader, seemingly, than it was when I was younger. It seems much younger. I believe that more younger people are showing interest in the elections this year. Maybe that's the old bark on this tree showing.

I was reading about John Adams and Thomas Jefferson last night. They were both quite young when they met in Philadelphia. Very different people, but both intelligent and articulate, in their ways. The more I read about Jefferson, the more similarities I see between us. Or is that wishful thinking.

I mean, I am red-headed, a lawyer, shy in company, not extremely forceful, musical, interested in nature, educated in Virginia, a Virginian by genealogy. But I am not six feet whatever. I have blue eyes, not hazel. I don't own thousands of acres in western Virginia. I don't own slaves (Patti notwithstanding). I haven't designed and built my house. I haven't founded a college. I haven't had an elicit affair with one of my servants. My wife is still alive.

I guess, other than a few strands of DNA, we might not have that much in common.

But everybody wants to claim Thomas Jefferson. I guess it is good that his political party was known as the Democratic Republicans.