The Wayside Inn
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Mon, 05/09/2005 - 22:06Monday evening. I am sitting on an antique bed at The Wayside Inn in Middletown, VA. I left this afternoon to drive down to Staunton, VA to pick up my eldest daughter from college. I am still about eighty miles away, but her classes don’t end until tomorrow at noon so I’ll drive leisurely down to the campus. Then we’ll bum around campus for a little bit as she does her final tasks and says goodbye to her classmates. I hope to get back on the road to Connecticut sometime in the afternoon
I’ve pushed the schedule up a little bit so that I can be home in time to get to Mayor DeStefano’s 50th Birthday party on Wednesday which I am eagerly looking forward to.
In the News
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sun, 05/08/2005 - 08:41On the front page of the Sunday Greenwich Time today is an article about blogging. It has a good description of my blog and blogging activities as well as about other blogs like http://benedictblog.com/, http://dumpjoe.com/, http://www.dealydaily.com/, and http://energyoutlook.blogspot.com.
The article mentions that I contribute to several blogs, but doesn’t list them, so for those of you who have stumbled across this blog recently, perhaps an account of the Greenwich Time article, let me point you to Greater Democracy. Most of my coverage of the 2004 Democratic National Convention was done for Greater Democracy.
A tale of two Mayors
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Sat, 05/07/2005 - 14:43(Written on the train into the city yesterday, but posted Saturday afternoon).
It is Friday morning and I am on the train into New York City. It is cool and cloudy today. I had been expecting nicer weather. Perhaps it will turn nice for Mother’s day.
On the train, I read the Stamford Advocate’s coverage of Mayor Malloy’s exoneration. I am pleased. Mayor Malloy has been a great mayor and would be a great governor. Some people have suggested that allegations from an unknown source were a political hatchet job. It sure looks that way to me.
Republican Town Committee Chairman Daniel McCabe is quoted as saying “I certainly wouldn’t consider it a badge of honor that something that intense and dramatic had to take place in the city of Stamford.” In a sense, he is right, and if he has an integrity, he would denounce the person who sent the chief state’s attorney’s office on a wild goose chase and would actively work to have that person exposed.
500 Greyhounds Need Rescue Before May 14th!
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Fri, 05/06/2005 - 17:15Today, I received an email, forward through at least three different people before it made it to me. It is important, so I'm posting it here, as is (with perhaps a little formatting).
500 Greyhounds Need Rescue Before May 14th!
CONTACT: Dakin Animal Shelter (in MA) at 413-548-9898
http://www.dakinshelter.org/news.html
The greyhound track in Plainfield, CT voted on April 26th that they would discontinue greyhound racing. Unfortunately - and heartbreakingly - they've also decided that rescuers have only two weeks to get the dogs out, and any dogs remaining at the track on May 14th will be euthanized.
Mapping the wonderful world of blogging
Submitted by Aldon Hynes on Wed, 05/04/2005 - 12:24Greenwich Time is planning to run an article on blogging this coming Sunday. I spoke with Neil Vigdor a bit about the article and my wife pointed him to Energy Outlook, which is a great blog about energy issues written by a friend in Greenwich.
A photographer stopped by to take a picture of me, with my blog. Since I am paid for working on the DeStefano blog, I had that up in the background. He asked about the software that I was using and it became clear that he knew what he was talking about. It turns out that he has a blog.
