Yesterday was a good day. The truck just needed a new battery (and got it). The rest of the errands were all attended to before noon, leaving the afternoon for work, and then there was a Saints game that they won, complete with people sitting on the warning track (okay, that part wasn’t the greatest, but it’s apparently the first time it’s happened in St. Paul since 1916).
Today, I start the day with a daytime Saints game, including breakfast in the parking lot, and a bunch of sun-block. I’m expecting it’ll be a pretty fun day, but not the most productive work-day of my career. I guess there’s a chance I’ll come straight home from the game and have a productive evening, but I think work is something I’ll worry about in the latter half of the week. Maybe it’ll be raining then, which should make concentrating on work easier.
In a gardening related note, yesterday I harvested the first of the hot peppers from my garden. There are two more that are almost ripe, and over a dozen that should be ready sometime next week or so. Food is going to be spicier than usual for the next few weeks, I think.
And since I’m talking about upsetting stomachs, how about a day full of politics? It ain’t pretty, but I found myself having to stare, just like gawking at a car-crash on the side of the freeway. This is what happens when I decide that since I’m not getting the links done in time for people to read them before work starts, I’ll put things together before I go to sleep.
- Our local crazy-lady state Legislator lifts foe’s literature. She was up in New Hope hanging campaign fliers for a DFL challenger, and was caught taking down fliers from the incumbent Republican up there. And yeah, there is a reason to vote this year, since the whole MN House, including her, is on the ballot. [press-patch]
- In a fine bit of commentary, sdb talks about Bush’s possible masterstroke later this year, and decides that Kerry doesn’t stand a chance. Whether he’s right or not, an essay like this from him usually means he’s thought pretty hard about the issue, and he’s been right more often than not in the past. [sdb]
- Were you wondering about the convention in Boston? This is What Democracy Looks Like out there. For another view, check this cartoon. For more serious commentary, check out the Convention Bloggers website.
- Speaking of the convention, do you think all the added
security
around makes a difference? Here’s a quick look at What’s Wrong with Security at the DNC in Boston as of Monday the 19th. There’s been some improvements, but I find myself wondering how many of those holes got plugged. [flutterby] - Reason Magazine gives us Ten Reasons to Fire George W. Bush, and nine reasons that John Kerry won’t be any better.
- Pejman has a book review of Bill Clinton’s My Life. I’m not positive, but I don’t think he liked it:
My Life has to rank as one of the most god-awful books of the genre that I have ever read.
