Sitting here, TLG next to me as usual, pushing some lego train cars across the one small clear spot on my desk.  It's quiet in the house with the exception of the intermittant growl of the sawzall.  TBG is on what's left of the porch roof and huge chunks of wood and shingles periodically fall past my window as the room I am sitting in gets brighter and brighter as more sunlight is able to stream in.  The time has come to tear down our dilapidated front porch and rebuild it.  TBG has taken advantage of my Dad's visit to get some work done. 

I feel stupidly sleepy considering I got a lovely 9 hours sleep.  I think it's probably emotional rather than physical fatigue. 

Didn't make it to the Dean Meet-up last night.  TBG was later coming home from work and I was crampy and pissy.  There's always next month.  In reality I've already taken too much on as it is.

Been ruminating on two issues that I hope to post on when I am feeling less lethargic and foggy.  One, I am really curious about this whole "democrats are soft on national defense" meme.  I mean I'm 35 years old and don't think I have had my head in a bucket for most of my adult life and yet, personally, I haven't seen any evidence of this.  I don't understand where it comes from and why it seems to have such a hold on the public consciousness.  Second, I have been thinking a lot about anger as a fuel for action.  I hope to do some writing on both these some time in the next couple of days. 

Finally, a request to me readers.  I see that my traffic stats are very slowly rising and that, of course, delights me.  I would be so grateful to the folks that drop in if they would leave a brief note in the comments to indicate whether they like/dislike/are bored by/intrigued by what they see here.    A little input would go a long way right now.

later luv pups...

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