I mean, I've been a starry-eyed Randhead. I do understand the appeal. I just think it takes more faith in humanity than I'm capable of to think it would ever work.

This is how I feel about unadultrated Marxism OR unadultrated capitalism - we're not evolved enough for either to work the way they are supposed to.

Ugh. I think my first week of taking prenatal vitamins (the only way I've ever been able to tolerate taking iron--there's irony for you) is starting to wear on my stomach. I've been vaguely nauseous all day.

The green tea isn't doing a lot to settle things down-- I may have to break out the ginger tea.

Thingy ~ma !!!

I wonder what I'd think today...

Probably that it is verrrry boring and that all the characters (so far, I've only managed the first hundred or so pages) are unlikeable.

Happy Birthday, Drew!!!

vw, let me know if you need an alibi. I had some people around me talking about similar issues at Easter, and it talk all my restraint not to say, "Hello! Standing right here!"

I skipped The Foutainhead and read the much shorter Anthem. Same philosophy in surly digest form.

Happy birthday, ND!

I skipped The Foutainhead and read the much shorter Anthem. Same philosophy in surly digest form

Yes that's what I did in junior high. I have no choice now. It's book club. It's the law!

Next month's pick is Our Band Could Be Your Life though. That should be fun.

he he ... just saw the Texas Observer's story on the tea parties. The first photo is a gem.

Happy birthday Drew!

Birthday Happies Noise Design!

Happy Birthday to Drew!

Thingy ~ma !!!

Yes, This!!!

{{vw}} I just got back from visiting my brother who shares the lizard brain with yours. I have perfected the art of talking about the things we agree on. From time to time a remark may come out from either one of us, but we have reached a point of tolerance, for each other anyway. I just don't know what happened to him. We agreed on everything when we were kids. He even hitchhiked to DC to protest the war in 1969 when he was 14! He came back 3 days later with tear gas soaked clothes. Then 34 years later we were on a camping trip together the day the US invaded Iraq and he argued vigorously that there would be celebrating throughout the country and that the whole thing would take less than a week. He still believes they were involved in 9/11 and had weapons of mass destruction. I love him, but there are just things we can't talk about anymore.

Hi all! Was gone a couple days mixing business with family visit. Skipped to end.