Hope all is well with the world. My world seems fine, albeit a bit stressful. I am currently "fighting" and resisting that whole "flight" thing, but we'll see how the rest of this week goes...

Columbia. I will agree that the whole incident is sad, and I am upset, but as Omar said today, I couldn't muster up tons of emotion; I just filed it away in that part of my brain. Sad, yes. Devastating to me? Unfortunately, no. Honestly, Bush's apparent upset rings hollow to me, since the whole time that he was Governer of Texas, he never visited Johnson Space Center in Houston, and hasn't ever mentioned the Space Program in any of his speeches.

Speaking of Bushie, his Federal Budget was released yesterday. The budget, featuring a staggering deficit of 300 or so billion dollars. Critics immediately decryed it as "the most irresponsible budget ever." Bush said that the shortfall was because of "a war not of his own choosing" and a bad economy.

I'm going to have to just ignore the "own choosing" thing, because if I don't, my brain will explode, but when I heard this, my head was screaming "AND BECAUSE HE GAVE ALL THE FEDERAL MONEY BACK TO THE TAXPAYERS!!!"

They didn't mention that on NPR.

NPR. I'm a big big fan of NPR, but I've began listening to my CD player in my car because I am beginning to think that I have Considered All Things at this point. Yeah, I tend to obsess sometimes.

Let's see... other drama?! I need a toilet seat. The one I have is loose, and so I need a new one. The problem? I have two. The first is that my toilet is an elongated toilet, so not just ANY seat will do. The other problem is that I don't know what color my toilet is. I mean, I know what color it is, but I don't know what Kohler Kolor it is. I have narrowed it down to either almond or Mexican Sand or Desert View.

I suppose I could take the seat off, take it into Home Depot and have someone help me. The problem with that is that while I have no problem talking about gay sex, my mental health, and drinking on the Internet, I can not and will not take a toilet seat out of my house and show it to another person.

Maybe I should just replace the toilet.

an elongated toilet? what in the hell is an elongated toilet? is that like some gay in-joke this hag doesn't get or something?

;)

We had this toilet seat at work a few years ago that had a giant crack in the seat. My desk was really close to the bathroom, and I always knew when somebody had gotten their ass cheek caught in the crack. I was the first to hear their muffled screams. It was haunting, and I walked two buildings down every time I had to go to the bathroom!

Take advantage of Home Depot's loose return policy: buy a couple of seats, see how they work, and return the ones that don't give you great throne pleasure! :)

By the way, I'm interested in attending JournalCon in Austin this year. Any firm dates yet? E-mail me, if you don't mind. I couldn't find your e-mail address on your site... bethberry@hawaii.rr.com . Thanks!

hey - i don't know you at all, but just wanted to say i enjoying reading your blog. you are funny!

you sick nation