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| Wednesday, January 5, 2005 09:32 AM |
| Unpleasant |
 by Fëanor |
I'm vaguely sick with a bit of a sore throat, some achiness and exhaustion, and an occasional need to blow my nose. It's either something serious that's taking a long time to develop, or it's just a little cold that'll be over soon. I'm hoping it's the latter.
Regardless, Aerenchyma demands a new post, so I must soldier on! Speaking of Aerenchyma, she sent around an email forward today that was kind of interesting--it suggested that we all celebrate Not One Damn Dime Day on January 20, 2005 by not spending any money on anything that day. The idea is to use our powers as citizens (and non-consumers) to remind our political and religious leaders that they work for us, not for big business, and that they should do something about the situation in Iraq. It's kind of a cool idea, even if not buying things seems a bit unlikely to me to, in itself, get the point across that we don't like what's going on in Iraq--the connection seems a bit muddy. Plus, I don't know if I'm up to the challenge. I like buying things.
In other Aerenchyma-related news, her husband, not be outdone, now has his own new blog, already filled with content. You'll find it in my Passages Elsewhere, listed under it's title of Steak Knife's Trimmings. He posts under the name "mister williams," but it seems more appropriate to refer to him as Steak Knife, so that's what I'll be doing from now on.
I don't want to say I'm pleased that the January 30th elections in Iraq look less and less likely to occur. I would really like to see a fair and successful democratic election over there. But the chances of that happening were slim from the start, which is one of the many problems that the US administration continues to turn a blind eye to. It's amazing how brazenly dishonest and outwardly optimistic Bush and his pals continue to be in the face of overwhelming evidence that things have gone horribly awry. It reminds me of a fellow named Porkins who insisted that everything was all right, and that everything was okay, and that he really didn't have to eject from his X-wing. You know what happend to Porkins? He exploded in flames!
And how about this bitch Gonzales? I love how he comes off as really disappointed in the opening line of this article, like he'll promise not to torture people, but only grudgingly. But, but...why do we need to ask him to promise?? If there's any doubt about how he feels about torture, why the hell is he getting hired for the job?!
Seriously, how did it get to this point, when a guy who supported torture and said it was okay to ignore people's basic human rights is probably going to get confirmed to a high position in the United States government without even much of a fight? I mean, the Democrats have practically laid down on this one already. But why can't we beat these guys? They're so obviously scumbags! They're hardly even trying to hide it anymore!
Ugh, how did I get to talking about this crap again? Let's move on.
Work has been kind of crazed today, as I rushed to fix a confusing and stupid problem that was preventing a customer from using our site, and ultimately succeeded only in putting a lopsided bandaid on it. I'm going to have to look into it again tomorrow.
Hopefully tonight I can forget about such things and relax a bit at Peccable's birthday celebration. Here's hoping you all have somewhere equally fun to go; I suspect so, as I think I'll see most of you there! Anyways, a good evening to you all, and to you all a good evening. |
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