I couldn't help it..

Randi Rhodes made me do it..Meet the McPain ticket! Whoo!

Three weeks til my Birthday!

Just thought I'd bring it up. In the event you like me enough, I can show you where my wishlists are at Amazon, half.com and Threadless.

Yeah, Nick, I'm looking at you..

So I'm going to try something new..

I'm not going to bitch about politics, or local numbskulls, or the way people drive, or how busy it's been at work, or how PO'd I am that I missed my visit with my brother because of what I see as creepy business practices at prominent downtown St. Louis hotels.

In fact, I'm going to try and not complain at all and go back to what I started this blog for in the first place: as a journal for myself.

An old friend found my blog via Facebook, I think, and wrote me an email to tell me how much she enjoyed my Zombie Contingency Plan post - and it makes me think about how I've been neglecting my blog, and how I'm using as so so so many others do - just to vent. There's more to life than complaining, and God knows I shouldn't spend more time than I already do reflecting on my own anger. I get tired of being mad, and unlike Todd in Kentucky, I'm not funny about it.

So this is (yet) another Hello to the world, and to myself. I just want to track the time and keep up with myself. This is one of the many things I do for myself that I've let sorta fall by the wayside because there are other things that take precedence when they should all be equal - that is, the things I try to do for others, and the things I try to do for myself.

So if anyone's reading, it's nice to have you here, and if no one is, hello to myself when I come back in a year to find out where I was.

HEY CONGRESS

BIRTH CONTROL IS NOT ABORTION

in fact, used properly, it sort of (um) removes the need for abortion. huh!

http://pol.moveon.org/contraception/

sign the ridiculous online petition. i don't have time to make a sign and protest in Washington DC (although I am significantly closer to the Capitol today than I was a couple of days ago) - so I'll do these things instead.

our Kansas primaries were pretty satisfying - we managed to lose a couple of stinkers (I'm talking to you, Phill Kline) - and push in a couple of better folk. the elections proper aren't for a while yet, but here's hoping.