So "Monday" is top secret code for "Sunday." (Missing Mississippi: Notes from a Dixie exile)

So "Monday" is top secret code for "Sunday."

Those of you who tuned in when I told you to today in an effort to catch the Fox News segment that featured Aaron and Kelly are, no doubt, dissapointed right about now because you didn't see it. I didn't either. Here is what happened, as best we can tell: The reporter who interviewed Aaron and Kelly did say that the segment would air on Monday. Obviously, it didn't, and I can understand how that happened, because the reporter probably has no real control over when it airs. But all is not lost. We as a family have an old saying. It goes like this: "WHAT DID YOU SAY? I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE FOX NEWS THEME SONG!"
Yes, my mom is a Fox News fanatic. In fact, if you walk into our house on any given day, I will bet you twenty dollars that Fox News is playing on the TV. Normally, I consider this to be a bad thing because I find cable network news to be second only to AM talk radio in the ranking of Things I Would Rather Scrape My Fingernails Across a Chalkboard Than Listen To. But that is beside the point. On Sunday (note: SUNDAY) afternoon at around 6 p.m. Central Time, Mom was folding some clothes and watching Fox News when the announcer started talking about a bicycling rally for the physically handicapped in Colorado. Mom popped a tape into the VCR just in time to tape the segment with Aaron and Kelly. On SUNDAY. So in this case, although it pains me to admit it, Mom's TV news-junkie habits turned out to be a good thing. Sorry that y'all probably missed the segment. I'm going to check around and see if there is any link for the video on the Fox News site and if there is, we'll post it here. Otherwise, you can call my mom and ask her how it was.
If you can convince her to turn the volume down.

Posted on May 30, 2005 6:51 PM | Permalink

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Joyce Deer:

If your mom can get it to me, I can change it to digital format and stram it on my web site. Tell her to call me if she wants me to - I WANT TO SEE IT!!!

Posted by Joyce Deer | May 30, 2005 8:52 PM

Posted on May 30, 2005 20:52

daniel:

i saw the interview at the rice house, it was great. too bad about the time deception. in the bike shop today, we had a bike in to be repaired that was evidently designed for a similar purpose as some of the bikes shown in the interview. the pedals were built to where the rider would use his hands to pedal instead of his feet. i saw it, and thought of aaron.

Posted by daniel | May 31, 2005 12:14 AM

Posted on May 31, 2005 00:14

Aunt Barb:

haley,
Darling we will each write an e mail to your editor letting him know that you would hav ematerial for columns (probably humerous) if you could only go on this great assignment. the Rice family reunion. I'm sure if he was inundated with e mails from everyone about the benefits of you attending this major world event he would be sure to get you there immediately. PLEASE TRY!!!! We want you t be there with us.

Posted by Aunt Barb | May 31, 2005 8:52 AM

Posted on May 31, 2005 08:52

So "Monday" is top secret code for "Sunday."

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