The Furious Spinner

This is how ambitious Mario and I are today: we're watching poker championships on TV. Neither of us knows how to play poker...

I said to Mario, "This is kind of like watching ice cubes melt."

He said, "No, I know how ice cubes melt."

We've been having a nice vacation together. We went to the coast last week, and I started a new novel, a short one. I've been writing 2,000 to 5,000 words a day, and I'm liking it very much. I don't really have a title for it yet that I like. Mercy, The Quality of Mercy, Mercy Strained, The Vindication of the Rights of Mercy, Fed Up, Queen of Hearts. It'll come to me. Usually I won't start a project until I have a title. (The main character's name is—you guessed it—Mercy.)

Kevin sent me this good news article. The courts have blocked Bush's changes to the Clean Air Act. Let's hope it sticks.

Unfortunately, Bush opened the Tongass to logging the day before Christmas. The Bush Administration seems to do their most dastardly deeds right before a holiday or the weekend.

By the way, check out the Natural Resources Defense Council's website. I really like it. They have an environmental tip each day. (Today's tip is about recycling Xmas trees.) They have the latest environmental news stories—and actions you can take to help. I appreciate that. It's one thing to get all this bad news, but then if you feel you can't do anything about any of it, it just feels awful. NRDC let's you know how you can help.

Robert F. Kennedy, jr. has a great article in Rolling Stones, "Crimes Against Nature," about Bush's environmental record. He was also on Faux News, and he made Hannity look like the uninformed idiot he is. (That's my fair and balanced assessment.) It's amazing to me that these right-wing wacko Republicans don't listen—they just keep spouting their lies no matter how many facts to the contrary they are faced with.

Mario found this great site done by military families, veterans, and others called "Bring Them Home Now!" Their statement of purpose begins with: "BRING THEM HOME NOW! is a campaign of military families, veterans, active duty personnel, reservists and others opposed to the ongoing war in Iraq and galvanized to action by George W. Bush's inane and reckless challenge to armed Iraqis resisting occupation to 'Bring 'em on.'" (Mario found this on Counterpunch. I agree they have great stuff on their site, but it's too busy or something—I have trouble finding anything; I just get a headache.)

In case you haven't seen this, the chairman of the commission investigating the 9/11 attacks is now saying the attacks could have been prevented.

Check out Michael Moore's website to read some letters written to him by American soldiers in Iraq. They seem to understand civil rights and compassion a lot better than their so-called commander-in-chief.

My husband has gone to the recycling center and the post office. I see a bit of blue sky, so it's time to run outside and breathe deeply before the gathering gloom descends again.

Have a good one. May you walk in beauty.
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