News From The Durham Matherly's

This evening I spoke with Cope in Urbana and she asked me why I hadn’t been blogging. Well, now I know that there is at least one person out there that reads this stuff. There has, in fact, been a lot going on in these parts. First let me say that nobody is sick, everybody is all right. But Kelly did have a little “heart flutter”. That’s what I’m calling it. I don’t know what the doctor’s are calling it but they took it seriously at The Forest At Duke. The ambulance was called and Kelly was taken to Duke Hospital where they scanned her barcode and took her to her usual room. There was the usual battery of tests and the usual long waits between visits from various staff and physicians. She was eventually released after about thirty-six hours. John stayed at the hospital with her and slept in a cot but didn’t get much rest. For those two days I spent most of my time in the car toting everybody back and forth. But all’s well that ends well and in the end everyone was in good condition.

In other news, I have my first court hearing this Wednesday. This is the “cattle call” where you have to line up with all the other folks accused of everything from assault to failure to pay child support. I have retained a lawyer. She will be there to say “I am representing him” and “not guilty” for me. A trial date will be set and then the real fun begins. I have the right (and believe me I am going to avail myself of it) to subpoena every last member of the Durham School Board. They are going to have to justify their actions to me, the court, and the citizens of Durham. They may not have to answer questions put to them in their bailiwick put they darn sure have to answer questions put to them in a court of law. My/our job is to fine tune the questions in such a way that it not only gets me found innocent of the charges (Disorderly Conduct and 2nd Degree Trespassing) but so that it exposes the bias that the School Board has toward members of my group in particular and toward the free expression of the public’s opinions about their policies in general.

In still other news, our Yuan Yuan received a lovely penant and an invitation to be the “Flower Girl” at Erin and Dennis’ wedding in August. Yuan Yuan accepts with humility and sends her best wishes and condolences to the losers (oh that’s right they are all boys ‘cause Hope and Charlotte aren’t going to be there, oh well that works out, doesn’t it?) She is really looking forward to it.

That’s all the news from here for now. How about somebody else chiming in for a change? If you scroll down far enough you will find the instructions on how to do it. So, come on folks. Let’s get those postings coming. My suggestion is that you send an email to everyone (I can give you the list I have if you need it). That way folks know to check it out.

Later.

Steven