From the New Spoon River Anthology:

Because the Bible says, Thou shalt not kill,
They arrested me for talking on birth control.
But if the stream of life should have its way;
And if to loose it and then divert it be a crime,
Then not to loose it at all is a crime.
Why not arrest a few deliberate celibates?

It's that kind of woolly-headed thinking that gives us The Handmaid's Tale. Sigh.

and if you REFUSE to have children THEY WILL NEVER GET BORN

Well hey, I say that's better than insisting on being born. Now THAT would be scary!

It goes Muncie, Windsor IL, Crawfordsville, Frankfort, Anderson, Portland, Trafalgar. 7 shows in 6 days.

Darn. None of those are close enough for my parents to dog-sit for you (they regularly have dogs-of-friends at their house. There's constant access to a big yard.)

California people, are you thinking yes or no on prop 37 (the GMO food labeling)?

Aww, that's a nice thought, Debet, thank you. I'll figure it out. It'll probably be fine leaving them with my folks. I guess I'll just see how the kids do over Thanksgiving and I can play the tour by ear.

I think I just stepped over the line on Facebook. No way to pull back.

Go git 'em, Tiger!

I am pro labeling, Lee. If only because Monsanto is financing the No on 37 campaign.

Right now labeling will mostly affect boxed food and packaged foods, because usually things like corn used to make HFCS, soy and corn oil, etc, will be GMO varieties. So right now I assume if I buy something in a box and it isn't explicitly label non-GMO then it has GMOs in it. But produce? How do I tell a GMO tomato from a non-GMO tomato? I mean I get that I've been buying GMO produce unaware, but I'd like to make that choice for myself. And they are pushing the FDA to start selling GMO salmon, and if that gets the OK I am sure they already have GMO beef and GMO chicken lined up.

I would normally be in favor of the labeling too, but I have issues with the proposition as written. It just seems sloppy.