Consuela, I was just saying to Sparky that I hadn't seen you enough. We should fix that.

Thanks, Suela. I think I'm going to go to bed while it's still my birthday.

With all the storms currently bashing Florida, it makes me wonder if maybe it's kind of like the situation with the tsunaumi just missing Star Jones by one day. There's an omniscient deity up there....it's just that s/he isn't quite omnipotent to have perfect aim.

Yes, we should. Err, god knows when. Last weekend was insane with the busy. Isn't something geeky opening soon?

And here it is 31 minutes to midnight, so I'm off to bed.

Sleep well, Buffistas!

Sleep well, Consuela. Hopefully we can find some movie to go see soon, or something.

One of the former interrogators is testifying that it's happening all over Iraq.

Yeah, it is.

I really don't like sandwiches, so I never order them, so I have nothing to add. I did just make Moroccan Carrot, Goat Cheese, and Tapenade sandwiches, which even the DH had to admit were good (although it took a lot of bribing to get him to try one).

In bribing news, I am trying to strike a deal with mr. flea that he can buy a laptop (which we can't afford) IF he gets rid of the two antique laptops we currently have AND any books and notes he has from college that he has not looked at since we met (9.5 years ago, and yes, they are legion). The second condition is really making him hesitate. Bribing with sex is so much easier.

AND any books and notes he has from college that he has not looked at since we met (9.5 years ago, and yes, they are legion)

But... But... You never know when you'll need that stuff. You are a harsh one, ms. flea.

linked from truthout.org:

A revolt of House conservatives has persuaded that body's Republican leadership to offset the increased federal spending going to rebuild the Hurricane Katrina-devastated Gulf Coast by reductions in Medicaid, food stamps and other programs for the indigent. If things go according to plan, this week the House will begin to cut $50 billion from those efforts.

The emerging Republican response to Katrina, apparently, is to comfort the drenched poor and afflict the dry.

For a moment last week, it looked as though the Republicans were going to enact across-the-board spending cuts.

That, however, would have meant less money for defense contractors and the highway industry and other contributors to congressional Republicans' campaigns. GOP committee chairmen made that point so forcefully that the idea was scrapped.

The beauty of taking the cuts out of Medicaid and student loan programs, by happy contrast, is that it doesn't reduce the flow of funds to the Republican campaign committees by a single dime.

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AND any books and notes he has from college

Getting rid of BOOKS?!?!

- Signed, Still Regretting Having to Sell Back College Texts for Money