Simsbury? Yes. In 1944, when he was 15, he picked tobacco in Simsbury.

This was his first exposure to the Northeast and to a society that was not formally segregated and provided a number of interactions with the communities in the Connecticut River Valley.

Dr. King’s writings strongly suggest that his call to the ministry crystallized during his stay in Simsbury working in the tobacco fields.

Some local residents wish to honor that, and plan to create a life-size statue of King as a teenager.

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The big burst of color will arrive in about a week or so, this is just a prelude.

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After Gutenberg has a fine rant about the extremely serious southeast drought, and how water shortages are at least partly a result of global warming and deforestation.

How bad is the drought? Bad enough they hoped hurricanes would come. And it’s getting worse every day.

Lake Lanier has three months of water storage left. Translation for non-Atlantans, “That’s three months before there’s not enough water for more than 3 million… to take showers, flush their toilets and cook. Three months before there’s not enough water in parts of the Chattahoochee River for power plants to make the steam necessary to generate electricity. Three months before part of the river runs dry.”

Goah, maybe it’ll get so bad the city will proactively order Coca-Cola and Pepsi to stop slurping up millions of gallons of water to make sugared drinks. One would think the choice between having drinking water and making Gatorade would be a simple one, but apparently not.

Sue suggests the perfect solution, “Let them drink Gatorade.”

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While I realize some 60’s-70’s rock stars might have fallen on comparatively barren financial times (while others are worth hundreds of millions), would you all please give it deep thought before permitting yet another advertiser to use your songs in a commercial?

Since this probably won’t happen (yes, I know they offer astounding amounts of money,) here are the Polizeros suggestions for maximizing profit by matching the song to the advertiser.

“Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” (Beatles) - De Beers.

“Heroin” (Velvet Underground) - Partnership for a Drug Free America (as an example of what NOT to do.)

“Got My Cock in My Pants” (Stooges) - Trojan condoms.

“I’m a Cadillac” (Mott the Hoople) - well, duh!

“Mercedes Benz” (Janis Joplin) - Or has this already been used in an ad? It’s soo hard to be satirical when reality keeps doing it for you.

“Happiness is a Warm Gun” (Beatles) - National Rifle Association.

“Communications Breakdown” (Led Zepplin) - any wireless telco that wants to bash the competition’s service.

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