I spent the weekend in beautiful Etowah Temnnessee. Every year in October, Eric and his lovely wife Fiona have a bunch of us reprobates (and some classy people) up to his house for his birthday. He held it a little earlier this year. This originally started out as a collection of bloggers since that is how Eric met all of us. Now, everyone has moved over to Farceberg and I think I’m the only full time blogger left.
This year was the smallest group that I can remember. Some of the normals came to Eric’s for the eclipse and couldn’t come again in October. Others had prior commitments. Therefore, it was a more intimate collection of folks this year.
I arrived earlier than normal on Friday. The smart thing to do if leaving Atlanta on a Friday is to leave early. Eric and I were able to spend a lot of one on one time talking about history. Eric has gone back to college, alas after his GI Bill benefits expired. He is majoring in history and since history is one of my passions, he and I spent a lot of time discussing history. He’s an interesting guy to talk to.
It was much warmer this year than it usually is. There have been times when the weather has been in the 50’s when we have been there. This year, it didn’t even get down in the 50’s at night. I know. Global Warming.
Eric always serves us a great dinner on Saturday night. He used to barbeque but he found a great place and has outsourced the job to them. We had brisket and pulled pork. Plus one of our group made some killer mac and cheese. If you go hungry at Eric’s on a Saturday night it’s your own damn fault.
Good eats and I got to watch Georgia kick Missouri’s ass in football. Being from Missouri you would think I would root for Mizzou but that ended when they capitulated to the SJWs two years ago. Funny, their fortunes have really declined since then. Enrollment has dropped. Dorms are sitting empty and unused. Alumni donations have dried up. People don’t seem to realize that SJWs ruin everything. Look what’s happening to the NFL.
As usual, the weekend was far too short. It’s a shame I only see these folks once a year.