Strangechord

Florida is hilarious and terrifying. Witness this: ‘ATHEIST’ plate raises a holy ruckus - After getting complaints, the state decides a Florida man’s license plate is objectionable and yanks it. Luckily, this was overturned and the man is allowed to keep his ‘ATHEIST’ license plate. Funny from a state that encouragingly offers these specialty license plate tags. So, one opinion can flaunt it, and the other can’t…hmmpph!

Then this: Florida Town Finds Satan an Offense Unto It (NY Times link - free reg. required). Says Mayor Carolyn Risher of Inglis, Fla.:

“People call and ask me, ‘Carolyn, is Satan there?’ And I tell them, ‘Satan is only where we let him.’ “

(Picturing worried housewives calling said mayor mid-afternoon and the mayor’s firm and resonant voice reassuring them into *sighs* of relief.)

Fun Friday evening in place: Powells Books, Indian dinner, and “Amelie” downtown. I’ve been strangely spaced out today; feeling other-worldly like nothing really matters. Not a bad thing, just different. In my analytical hamster wheel of a brain, usually EVERYTHING matters. (ha)