Tuesday, 12 October 2004
irresponsible parenting has its rewards
We took the kids and a friend to Letchworth State Park (south of Rochester) yesterday, and I took a lot of photos. It’s hard to resist, especially at this time of year.
At the south end of the park, above the Upper Falls, there’s a railroad bridge called the Portage Bridge. It’s a working bridge, and as such is of course off-limits. It’s up pretty high, too, as you can see.
When the boys questioned me about the “No Trespassing” sign, I assured them that it referred only to cars, and we made our way up onto the trestle. There were plenty of other people up there, as well…we weren’t the only trespassers, by a long shot. And before you get too worried, there’s plenty of space on either side of the tracks—if a train had happened to come by, it would have been very scary but not deadly.
The reason the boys look so excited and happy is because of the view that we had from the bridge (not to mention the pockets full of pebbles they tossed down into the river gorge).
So yes, I broke the law. But it was worth it. And the whole day was a great reminder of how beautiful an area we live in.
(If you want to see all the photos from the day, I’ve put them in a Flickr Photoset.)
today's political propaganda
I am truly appalled by Sinclair Broadcasting’s plan to use their television stations nationwide to broadcast Bush campaign propaganda—under the guise of it being “news.” You should be, too. This kind of abuse of corporate power is a hallmark of the current adminstration, and it disgusts me.
Like many others, I plan to boycott advertisers on my local Sinclair station, Fox Rochester. And I’ll be calling the station, and its major advertisers, to tell them that.
On a lighter note, when I lived in Alabama I developed an unexpected taste for country music, and I particularly like this new song, Takin’ My Country Back. Worth a listen.
