Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse - And The Week in Review

Greetings infidels from my 70 degree office high atop Las Olas Boulevard in Partly Sunny Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Another week has gone by again. An interesting week for us in South Florida especially if you're a duck such as a Red Crested Prochard.

Yes, duck weather is what we've endured for the last week. Additionally, our local Baseball Team, the Florida Marlins, gave us a no-hitter this week which was exciting. Although, our football teams, the Miami Hurricanes and the Miami Dolphins gave us losses during the first week of football. Yesterday was a bummer as the fish lost to the phillies and the other fish lost to the steelers. Two losses in one night....that blows. Hence, my decision to enjoy a taste of Van Gogh Pineapple Vodka. It would be nice if I could have a cigar right now, but the powers that be, "goody two shoes pleasure police holier than thou liberal interest groups" have made it unconstitutional in Florida for me to smoke from my 16th Floor office because my second hand smoke would cause a pandemic unseen since the dark ages when folks came around in carts yelling "bring out your dead."

We did have primary elections here in Florida wherein Charlie Crist will be the GOP candidate who will trounce the opposition to become our next Governor. I am once again discouraged though by the election of judges. Judicial candidates are not allowed to state their positions. So other than incumbants, whose records are really only known by the attorneys who practice before them, when newbies run for judge, few people have a clue about them. Heck, I would say less than 1% of the electorate knows squat about who they are voting for; thus they vote based on the name of the candidate or whether they are first on the ballot. Frankly, judges should be appointed. Subjecting them to popular vote seems as fruitless as that old song "what's the point in getting sober, when you're only gonna get drunk again." I'm the one who is going to practice in front of these judges, not the general public. Hence, put them on a retention basis whereby the could be voted out if they get out of hand like we do here with appellate judges.

Now the image above is of the Hillsboro Lighthouse located on the treacherous Hilsboro Inlet in Northern Broward County. This shot is taken from the South Side of the Inlet from Pompano Beach. You cannot get to the lighthouse as it is a restricted area. This is an older shot. I'm going to have to make a trek out there soon to get some different views of this old beacon.

That's all for now infidels. Have a great weekend.