Oh, Kentucky

I support this effort, but, for a couple of reasons, I think a more appropriate memorial to Robert Penn Warren might've been speed-limit signs that allow motorists to accelerate to 120 miles per hour as they roar past Guthrie on I-24. At the bottom, the signs could read, "God have mercy on the mariner." (The second half of the second paragraph of All the King's Men--from "For this is the country where the age of the internal combustion engine ..." to the end--is OTH, baby.)

I'm intrigued by the title of John Sparks's award-winning "Kentucky’s Most Hated Man."

Followsup from Friday's night's "Kentucky Minute" coverage of the KHSAA football playoffs: It's no surprise that the simply fantastic Joe Imel of The Park City Daily News has a simply fantastic slide show of photos from the games (Tilghman over Russellville, Allen County-Scottsville Patriots over Lone Oak and Christian County over Warren Central, whose uniforms look a good bit like Penn State's) around southern Kentucky last night. ... Louisville Trinity wiped the defending 6A champs off the board as an obstacle in its quest for a 20th all-time title. ... The Courier-Journal's Jason Frakes made the trip out to Shelbyville to report Louisville Western's survival in Class 4A, despite Martha Layne Collins's recovery of three onside kicks in a comeback bid. ... Hall-of-Famer Bob White gets back in the game with an accounting of Mayfield's harrowing visit to Holy Cross. ... Topix.com scares me to death, but this thread--which opened July 7 with the question, "what kind of team will corbin have this season?" and reached Post 285, "See what happens when you give someone besides the coaches family the ball!" shortly after Corbin's 2A semifinal win--is fascinating. ... Heady times for the Harlan County football team, whose win over Pulaski County was only part of the good news yesterday. . ... That trip home to Henderson was even worse than I imagined.

Murray State's ballyhooed basketball team is starting a senior forward, Jeffery McClain, who holds the all-time points and rebounds records at Fulton County High.

One hundred thirteen folks in Louisville probably will end up working over the Thanksgiving weekend to ensure they meet a key Nov. 29 deadline. The Heath Post hates deadlines.