- Enough with the Dubya farewell tour. Get him out of there and let the new administration get on with cleaning up the mess he and his Dark Lord, Cheney, have made of the economy, the constitution, and America’s standing in the world.
- Israel’s incursion into Gaza causes me to be conflicted. As I have written before, Israel has always been the good guys for me, the triumph of good over evil. But what is happening now in Gaza is beyond comprehension. I get that Hamas rockets are deliberately targeted at Israeli civilians and that they are using their own people as human shields against the Israeli invasion, but it cannot justify carnage on the scale that is happening now—over 1100 dead and 5200, mostly women and children, injured in Gaza. And it can never excuse exploiting a loophole in the Geneva Convention to use white phosphorus on civilians.
- I’ve been craving some solitude.
- Non Sequitur always makes me laugh. Especially today’s strip, which is a keeper.
- I wish I could go to Italy next week. Or any week, for that matter.
- Self-improvement has been on my mind lately. Which is a bit of a cliche at the turn of a new year, but what the hey.
- And as for the weekend, tonight I’m (not really) looking forward to attending a wine-tasting and silent auction for a charity, tomorrow my plans include attending a wake for a decent man, too early departed, followed by a birthday celebration with the Krazy Kristians (family joke) and Sunday, I (don’t) want to work, but I have no choice!
Thank you to Janet for the template.
looks like a busy weekend! =)
I pray that there will be world peace, seriously.
happy blogging!
Maybe there will be world peace in your lifetime, my dear. But sadly, not in mine, I fear.
Wow, I don’t even know the next word I’m going to type in this commment and you seem to have your weekend all planned out.
My condoliance on the loss of ‘the decent man’, they seem to be few and far between these days, and (unless you work for yourself) I suggest passing your sunday blogging.
Believe me, Craic, having my weekend planned out like this is a complete aberration. Thank you for your condolences—I agree with you, decent men are hard to come by. I do work for myself, but this is a speech for a client and, if I don’t break its back on Sunday, I’ll be running to catch up with myself all week. But I might slip in the odd blog read, at least
Ahhh yes, A vacation in Italy is on my bucket list.
Sounds like a busy weekend, hope you get some time for yourself
I’ll take Italy too.
Enjoyed your fill-ins!
Under the Tuscan Sun…i need a moment like that…perhaps we need to have a blogger’s retreat to Italy?