Guess what? I’ve got pneumonia. Really. This is why I’ve been totally offline for several days now. … It was quite a surprise. And yes, the doctor did suggest I go to the hospital. I opted for Mom & Dad’s house. The care was better, the bed was better, and the chicken soup can’t be beat.

I’m doing better, and I’ll be back in the cyberworld before long.

Peace.

I’m sick. That’s why I haven’t been posting. I have a bad chest cold, and I’m basically a wimp when it comes to such things. It feels like my chest is full of wet cotton. My brain has all the clarity of a 1970 RCA black and white TV, with a coat-hanger instead of cable. No use trying to write anything cogent about real life.

There are ants in my office. Running along the baseboard behind the computer desk and the bookcase. What could be attracting them in here? I never eat in this room — no crumbs. What are they looking for? I’ll bet the neighbors on the other side of this wall have some kind of filth going on. These are probably their ants. That’s sick.

Never has one with so little promised so much to so many. He who is largely friendless and unsupported in the world is going to make the world safer by continuing to rain death on the most distressed and blighted parts of it. Using nothing but his relentless mouth, he started a war he cannot finish and cannot win.

This is, without a doubt, the single worst president we’ve ever had. He’s an abject failure in every way. In fact, I challenge anyone reading this to enter a comment explaining one significant thing at which this man has succeeded. And if you say Iraq or War or Terr’r, you can expect your PC to upchuck in your lap.

I’m afraid, because the herd is headed up and W’s got his spurs on.

George W. Bush

drew a line in the sand

and then crossed it.

George W. Bush

made a war of his own

and then lost it.

Yahoo! News – Bush Promises Safer World, Says Will Not Relent

Don’t miss this Daily KOS post regarding “various soul-sucking creatures from the depths of hell” and how the RNC platform may include drowning the handicapped in the nearest river.

The BBC’s convention blog.

Here is a source for blogging goin’ on at the convention in NYC. May as well keep an eye on them, fellow citizens. You know darn well they’re keeping an eye on us. If you decide to watch it on TV, be prepared to do your calisthenics.

I’m a little rain god. Just a minor deity, spreading the joys of Wetness to and fro, hither and yon. I move by keeping things damp.

My Dad’s out of town, helping my brother work on his house up north. Been gone two weeks. I’m in charge of watering the lawns and plants. So last week, I turned on the installed sprinkler system in the back yard. One of the little bastard sprinklers didn’t pop up, so I gave it a gentle tug. Broke it’s little head off. Big old geyser. Yep.

Then tonight, I’m dog sitting at Mom & Dad’s; she’s out of town too. Just before sunset, I was out in the back, watering with the hose and spray nozzle. Got a call on the cell, could’ve sworn I turned off the tap. Two or three hours later, I’m watching TV, when I hear this sound like a torrential downpour. You guessed it; the hose ruptured. I ran out there in my sweats and socks. Got soaked. That water was cold.

So if you need some dramatic, dysfunctional, inexplicably inept irrigation done, e-mail me. If my computer’s not submerged, I’ll get back to you. … But I don’t do kids’ parties, for obvious reasons involving colorful language.

“Bush [said] during a 30-minute interview that he made “a miscalculation of what

the conditions would be” in post-war Iraq.

“The Times said Bush deflected further inquiries as to what had gone wrong with the occupation.

“In an interview published on Friday in USA Today, Bush said that Americans will re-elect him to a second term even if they disagree with his decision to invade Iraq.

Bush said voters ‘know who I am and I believe they’re comfortable with the fact that they know I’m not going to shift principles or shift positions based upon polls and focus groups.'”

I think we know that Bush isn’t going to shift principles based on anything in the world. The man is simply incapable of changing his mind, admitting he was wrong, and backing off. He must be the most arrogant, self-centered leader of his generation. Maybe getting handed a dis-appointment (implying that he was appointed by the Supreme Court in 2000) by the voters in November will get his attention.

Yahoo! News – Bush Admits Iraq ‘Miscalculations’ – NY Times

I just sold off my Hasbro stock, for $18.52 per share. I bought it in 1999, at prices varying from $18 to $27. It was heading up! I decide to buy it based on the apparent strength of the Pokemon toys Hasbro was then preparing to sell. I figured shoot, even if the economy goes in the tank, people always buy toys, and this Pokemon stuff is hot. Pokemon my ass. It was heading up, like when you’re at the top of the roller coaster, and you get that feeling of impending gravity sucking your stomach up into your sinuses. Anyway, I gave it the full five years — mostly out of benighted indifference — and I don’t feel like playing with toys anymore. Bleh.

“Iraq as a team does not want Mr. Bush to use us for the presidential campaign,” soccer player Salih Sadir told the website of Sports Illustrated magazine over the weekend, after demanding that U.S. troops get out of Iraq. ‘He can find another way to advertise himself.”

And after Iraq’s defeat of Australia on Saturday, coach Adnan Hamad Majeed criticized Bush for “helping to destroy our country.” He said that “we will never believe that Bush is with us.”

from the Los Angeles Times

Spotted via All That Arises.

History News Network: “Being Pro-War Is Not Necessarily Patriotic”

worth reading!