When The Going Gets Tough

Rea­li­zing that “we the peo­ple” are just a cog in what is really a fight for the wheel (a fight he doesn’t have the energy for), “Evan Bayh, in remarks published by The India­na­po­lis Star, said he was “con­fi­dent” about his pros­pects for re-election, but dis­cou­ra­ged in his work on Capi­tol Hill by


Valentine’s Day

Ricky was “L” but he’s home with the flu.
Liz­zie, our “O”, had some home­work to do.
Mitchell, “E” prob’ly got lost on the
way.
So I’m all of love that could make it today.

Words by Shel Sil­vers­tein, sen­ti­ment by Oli­via Cooper.

Happy V Day Blog­gie friends.


Nowhere to Run, A Midweek Mosaic

With only the uni­ver­sity library open, more snow than Whist­ler, and no rea­so­na­ble way to get into D.C. (they clo­sed a lot of roads here), I remai­ned at home in my resi­dent city making snow­man, wal­king the neighbor’s dog, and lis­te­ning to jazz in a base­ment bar. I was gif­ted with a ride around


America’s Next Top Buttock

Ame­ri­can Appa­rel con­test has spar­ked a peti­tion protest.

If I thought it would do any good I’d sign the peti­tion, but on revie­wing the suc­cess of Ame­ri­can Apparel’s (bor­de­ring on por­no­graphic), mar­ke­ting tac­tics over the years, I don’t think it would do any good. Peo­ple need to stop buying the stuff