It’s not a huge thing, but my typical Monday morning tries to pack all the administrivia for an entire week into a few hours, so I can get past it and get on with the productive work for the week. Unfortunately, there hasn’t been all that much productive work for me to do, so entire weeks have felt like Mondays.
And this week, it’s even worse. The Saints’ season has ended, with the team on the road, and not enough of a chance to say goodbye to people. It hit me a little yesterday, but today it seems to hit home harder. I cleaned out my grill for the season last night, which had a feeling of finality to it, but that was tempered by the fact that I’d spent the afternoon drinking beers with friends. Today, there’s no insulating beery goodness in the way.
- Speaking of beery goodness, Gimme another shot of this beer.
A German brewer has concocted … the world’s strongest beer … with an alcohol content of 25.4 percent.
The folks at Sam Adams are likely to retailiate and try to get their record back. [fark!] - In local news, supporters say Accusations don’t fit the Dean Zimmerman they know. They don’t fit my mental image, either. But I don’t think that will really matter. With the primary elections tomorrow, this is a body-blow to his campaign. [strib]
- Bruce Schneier had an op-ed on Katrina and Security.
Katrina deftly illustrated homeland security’s biggest challenge: guessing correctly. The solution is to fund security that doesn’t rely on guessing.
Intelligence gathering and emergency response are where he says we should be putting money. [schneier] - It sounds as though the gun confiscations are continuing in New Orleans, So Where Is The NRA??? [endwar]
- The New Orleans gun confiscation is foolish and illegal and is leaving people Defenseless On the Bayou. [claire]
- Here’s a good story about how an Armed militia protects its New Orleans neighborhood. One of the women in the militia said she still has 42 bullets to expend before she’ll be forcibly evacuated. [war on guns]
- A good story from New Orleans: Marigny music gives New Orleans new heartbeat. Folks who want to stay and help rebuild things, and are keeping spirits up and keeping their neighborhood clean and safe in the meantime. They’d like to stay, but won’t fight:
Remember, if you crack, evac!
Let's hope the government leaves them in place to continue helping their neighborhood. [claire] - Regarding Bill Whittle’s essay about tribes that I pointed to last week, John Sabotta says we should Shoot The Sheepdogs. There's been a discussion over on The Claire Files about this, and many of the folks over there see themselves as “mutts”. [endwar]