Category: Poststream
E. J.
Reverend E. J. Hines was one of those unique personalities that stood out. I was fortunate to have worked under him, and with Faye Edwards, at the Baptist Association for several years. Those were some of the “best years of my life.”
E. J. needed to talk in order to process his thoughts, and talk he did, for he had many thoughts. But, E. J. had a “good” ear, and a “bad” ear, although I think he hid that well. If you were smart, and wanted to convince him of something, it was wise to stand and deliver to his good ear.
He was a great leader. He was a politician. E. J. drew exceptional people around him. And at times, he directed ordinary people toward tackling extraordinary tasks, and the Southern Baptist churches, the people, of the area reaped the benefits.
E. J. was comfortable in meetings, dressed in coat and tie, but I like the thought of him on an old Farmall tractor, a picture of which he had in his office for many years.
I loved to get him to tell the story of “Uncle ‘Aintney’ (Anthony) and the Snake,” which he did by going into character and using a high pitched, brogue-ish voice.
I’ll miss him. We’ll miss him. But we are all better for having known him.
To use a word that E. J. used quite often, “Everything for E. J. is now copacetic.”
“Uncle Aintney” = Uncle Anthony
The story went that one day E. J. was out in the field. I don’t recall if it was a corn, tobacco, cotton, or other type of field. E. J. came upon a snake, and he called up to the house, “Uncle Aintney, bring the gun. There’s a snake.” So, Uncle Aintney gets the gun and brings it out in the field to E. J., but when he gets there, there are no bullets, and E. J. asks Aintney, “Where are the bullets?” To which Uncle Aintney replied, “Well, you didn’t tell me to bring no bullets.” I guess that says a whole lot about Uncle Aintney.
Say Rabbit for Good Luck.
Say Rabbit
I had forgotten about my mother and how on the first day of the month, she would come into my room, or pass by my bed and tell me to say, “rabbit.” I might be asleep or still groggy as she was telling me to, “Say rabbit. Say rabbit. It’s the first of the month. Say ‘rabbit’ for good luck.”
As I grew older, I would say something else like “cow” or “dog.”
I had not heard anyone mention this until several years ago, Robin Roberts, a black morning TV show anchor was talking about growing up and that her father would tell them to “say rabbit.” She grew up in Louisiana, I think. I also think she said that her father was an Air Force officer.
That was several years ago, but I just saw Robin Roberts on TV this morning and it reminded me of this, so I got online and googled and found that this was a British supersititon that may have appeared in the 1800’s, but the earliest they are aware of is the 1920’s.
Audio Post
Creating My First Android App
Using Google App Inventor (beta)
It seems to have been almost 2 months since I first put in a request to test out the App Inventor. Since then, I have returned and probably filled out the form a couple of more times. Notice came in my email about a week ago, and I didn’t have time to start “fiddling.”
You need to download some App Inventor extras to your PC or laptop, which include some phone drivers. You have to have Java version 6 installed on your PC. The App Inventor application is actually hosted on the Google site, and you have to follow some simple instructions for setting your phone up before beginning to create your first application.
I did have a problem with the image and sound files not loading to my phone until I tried a different connection setting (for the HTC Hero, I set it the “HTC Sync” mode). After that, the files loaded without a problem and I started having some simple fun.
Following is my first successful attempt at creating a simple Android app and installing it on my HTC Hero phone. After you have your app created, there is an option to download it by first scanning a QR code image and then clicking on the URL to download the app .apk file. Once it is downloaded, you just click on the file and go through the app install process. Once that was successfully completed, I went to the apps area and found what was called “HelloPurr,” which was something of a misnomer because I didn’t use the picture of the kitty or the mp3 file which was a meow sound.
I recorded an mp3 of me saying “Hello, I’m Bill,” and added a picture of me when I was 50 years old. The original program was to have you click on the button which was the image of a cat, and it would meow for you. On my version, you click on my picture and I say, “Hello, I’m Bill.” I also found that the logic was simple for me to add a “close app” button, and to have the screen name appear as “Hello App.”
Below is the Android Blocks Editor where you go to create the logic paths for your app.
Difficult to see, but HelloPurr app is left of HIFICORDER, which has the large red dot.
Tap on my picture and I greet you.
The Steamer ISAAC SCOTT
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NOTE: I have included this information regarding the steamboat, Isaac Scott, because Capt. J. G. Bagley who brought the steamer J. C. Stewart down from Wilmington, NC mentioned that he had been the engineer on the Isaac Scott back in 1852. When Capt. Bagley arrived in Hawkinsville, GA in December of 1886, I suppose that he would have passed the twenty-five year old wreckage of the Isaac Scott.
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Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
for the year, 1896 – Part I
During the year, the wreck of the steamer Isaac Scott was removed from the Ocmulgee River.
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The Steamer ISAAC SCOTT
The Steamer ISAAC SCOTT
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NOTE: I have included this information regarding the steamboat, Isaac Scott, because Capt. J. G. Bagley who brought the steamer J. C. Stewart down from Wilmington, NC mentioned that he had been the engineer on the Isaac Scott back in 1852. When Capt. Bagley arrived in Hawkinsville, GA in December of 1886, I suppose that he would have passed the twenty-five year old wreckage of the Isaac Scott.
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Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
for the year, 1896 – Part I
During the year, the wreck of the steamer Isaac Scott was removed from the Ocmulgee River.
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Video 2
[YouTube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=MTZn3iY-PLs]
Sent from my HTC on the Now Network from Sprint!
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I had to modify the URL that I sent because it had extra coding because I was viewing the video from my HTC Hero.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=MTZn3iY-PLs [works]
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=MTZn3iY-PLs [does not work]
Video
[YouTube=http://www.YouTube.com/watch?v=K6LstRuTnHM]
Sent from my HTC on the Now Network from Sprint!
Sweet Grass Dairy, Thomsaville, GA
Photos from the trip to Thomasville, Georgia and “Sweet Grass Dairy”:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/billg2/sets/72157624514099430/
I am also using this posting as an example of how you can use QR Code images to link from a magazine article to a web posting for more info or Flickr for images. I have a copy of “Retire in Georgia” from Fall/Winter 2008 that listed the various regions of Georgia, including Thomasville. You could link from that page to this posting for more info and details regarding the trip.
Used the clear mounting squares from Scotch to paste (removable) a QR Code image to the magazine page which linked back to Thomasville, GA photos at Flickr.
Bill Gibson, II 