There are times when truth is stranger than fiction — and often funnier.
I am in Destin, Florida, having made a Red Cross presentation to the Alabama Bar Association’s Environmental Symposium. The conference is in Florida because Hurricane Katrina limited the number of venues along the Alabama Gulf.
I asked the staff at the Sandestin Resort where my conference was, and as it happens, they sent me to the Alabama Trial Lawyers’ Conference by mistake. There was no recognizable signage, no one with an agenda, and only one person hovering around the breakfast buffet in the hall.
Former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore.
He wasn’t sure if I was in the right place either. It seems everyone from that conference had already split into two sessions: the Prayer Breakfast, and the Emerging Leaders’ Breakfast. And, in a moment of cosmic clarity and significance, Roy Moore was late for both.
You can’t make this sort of thing up.
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Hey, Are you sure that the lawyers didn’t delibertly misguide Roy Moore to keep from associating with him. And to think… he did not attend the prayer breakfast. They must have not had the 10 commandments on display. Maybe he thought that they would have gone past sundown tonight (Friday) and he would not have had time to leave. Or maybe they were serving pork chops for breakfast??? Hummm….
Comment by Big Ike — June 16, 2006 @ 4:14 pm
Hey, Ike… you should have reminded him that it is very lonely at the top… there is no where else to go but down.
Comment by Big Ike — June 16, 2006 @ 6:38 pm
I think that it is a telling time when you reach a peak and all sides are down. Isn’t that the ending of a career?
Comment by Big Ike — June 17, 2006 @ 9:36 am
One of the funniest posts I’ve ever read on your blog. I hope you find time to soak up some rays down there. I’ll see you when you get back into town.
Comment by Drew — June 19, 2006 @ 1:27 pm