Health ~ma to Hubs.

And to Kat, and Bartleby, and anyone else in need. (Except maybe the zombie poodle.)

Oh, that poor dog.

All kinds of ~ma to Hubs, Fred. And hang in there, Kat.

I have one of those stupid twitches under my left eye, and I've eaten my banana. I want it to stop now, please.

Health~ma to Hubs, Fred, and strength to you.

Lots of get-and-stay-healthy vibes sent Hubs-ward and to everyone else who needs to feel better!!

I just need to stay awake for the next 12 hours, at which point I should be home from class and can crash. I ended up getting a 75-minute nap before waking up at 6:45. At least I was able to print out my bibliography just now at work (my printer from home ran out of ink after printing out the PP slides).

Coffee--lots of coffee...

Coffee--lots of coffee...

I still have half a cup. It's kind of tepid, though.

Best wishes for your hubs, Fred Pete!

I love my travel mug (from starbucks). It keeps coffee hot or cold for hours and hours.

Much health~ma for your Hubs, Fred.

I'm researching my Britain trip next summer. Currently bummed because the Orkney archaeologist tour (with driver) I was hoping to book is already full up for the time we'll be there. Oh, well, at least that'll save me some money (it would have been 350 pounds for the day). I am still thinking about getting a tour guide to take us around while I drive. I just want to make sure I see everything I can in the two or three days we'll be there, because I highly doubt I'll ever get back there again.

The Mayor isn't even in Oakland today.

Nope, but I can't see the decision being made to crack down so hard without her okay.

So why did anyone involved think that tear gas was an appropriate use of force?

I heard some guys at the gym this morning saying that people were throwing crap at the cops. Which is, yeah, inappropriate, but I don't know that it justifies tear gas used like that. The footage is kind of insane.

There were a lot of ways the city could have responded to the Occupy movement that wouldn't have resulted in this kind of violence; but they didn't pick any of them. Hell, look at LA. I dunno what the hell they're thinking in City Hall.

The block around City Hall is still fenced off this morning. I had a hard time getting home last night because they'd fenced off so much of downtown, and the BART gates were closed, too, and then I saw the marchers on Broadway, so I doubled back and walked up to 20th and caught a bus there. So glad I got out: I would not have wanted to be downtown while all that was going on.

Sending ~ma to Fred and hubs and Kat and anyone else in need. I know we have a lot of folks around here going through tough times.

I need to get housework and work work done today. Should get started on that. At least no grading until Friday.