My Best of 2000 music list is on the music page. I've had it sitting around here for at least a couple of weeks.  I really wanted to write short reviews for each entry, but I just haven't been able to focus lately or to spend any significant amount of time in front of the computer.  I haven't really been able to spend any extended amount of time doing anything. 

In spite of the fact that I'm receiving a large amount of morphine 24/7, plus several other things, I've been in more pain than usual for the last month or so -- a gris gris mix of the physiological/orthopedic and haywire neurological signals from planet hell.

I don't want anyone to worry. As long as I can roll out on our beautiful 200 square foot redwood deck on a clear, cold night when the stars are vivid and my breath is quiet, I'm okay.  But don't be surprised if things slow down on this site for awhile.

Actually, I'm a helluva lot more worried about Anny then I am about myself.  She's pretty burned out. Still, her spirit rages on and runs deep.

Aw fuck it -- down the beautiful, mighty river we go...

How the pols stole Christmas

Washington has something special in store for the jobless this holiday season -- cuts in unemployment insurance.

"to be charitable, it is possible that the president does not know what an unemployment check is, or why the failure to receive one in the dead of winter could harm a family's values -- like the value of keeping the heat on or having a roof over one's head.  (Salon)

It's further evidence of how cynical I've become when stories like this just cause me to shrug my shoulders and go on to the next thing.  But that's not who I am.  And what I am -- is both outraged at politicians and deeply sad for the victims of their crimes.