Probably not the best timing with Ted Kennedy's passing (because even I know to identify big news when I know next to nothing on them. Especially when dad, who spent his first few years in U.S. (1958-1962, between the ages of 4-8), is clinging to the foreign news channels as a sort of a life support), but -

There is such a field as philosophical geography. 4 realz. I'm now waiting for philosophical geology, philosophical electricity and philosophical hydrology. Some shit I'm into is almost 'pataphysitic.

I heard some insider talk on the Cape (like, the person I was talking to had been talking to Ted that morning) that they were hoping his wife Victoria could be appointed. Apparently she is a smart cookie. Did they pass that exemption in MA?

Oh man, Teddy.

flea, I don't know if they changed that yet -- meara, when John Kerry was running for president and there was a Republican governor, they made a rule that it needs to be a special election, not an appointment, or something.

I read up, and they did not change the rule. There needs to be a special election within 145 days (or some number of days like that).

I have mixed feelings about Ted Kennedy; he'd never have been elected at all but for nepotism, and he basically killed someone while driving drunk and got off with no punishment, but he did push for a lot of legislative things I believe in.

I always thought of him as being both victim of his upbringing and rising above the expectations placed on him. In many ways, while he had a privileged life, it had to be hellish growing up a boy in that family-- the youngest boy at that-- with Papa Joe as the patriarch. It wasn't so much "Do as I say, not as I do," as it was "Do as I say and do, just don't get caught and if you do, make sure you know the right people to make it go away."

Not to mention there was Rosemary, as a family lesson as to what they would do to you if you didn't come up to snuff.

(She was lobotomized and spent the rest of her life institutionalized as a result.)

If I had a flag, it would be flying at half-mast. People outside MA don't really know what a good Senator he was for his state, working hard to represent them, and using his influence to bring home projects and funding.

I have mixed feelings about Ted Kennedy; he'd never have been elected at all but for nepotism, and he basically killed someone while driving drunk and got off with no punishment, but he did push for a lot of legislative things I believe in.

All of this, but he did turn into an incredible Senator.

So, I have a meeting with outside people, which has turned into less of a Big Deal meeting than we thought, so I'm basically going to have to run the meeting, as opposed to any higher-ups. Too bad I am hungover and tired! A friend's problems made me drink too much last night.

Sad about Ted Kennedy. But given the push for the appointment resolution, I figured the end was near.

Last night, I made croquettes for dinner: [link] They were DELISH!! (And I love that the Ikea plates that the croquettes are on in the picture are see through and you can see the oilcloth on our table), a bit of a mess to make, but good.

FTR, I ended up making them with butternut squash.

A friend's problems made me drink too much last night.

Sympathy drinking is the worst.