There was a sink-hole in St. Paul this-morning. Ever since I heard this story about a woman who fell through a grate in Manhattan, I've been worried about sidewalk grates. I just can't function if I have to worry about whole sidewalks, too! Someone I know sent me a PDF file that had some pictures. This is a really huge hole. When I first heard about it, I was thinking man-hole cover size, not SUV size....
I just got off the phone with my girlfriend, J. It was one of those marathon chats that go on and on, but we didn't really say much. It's Labor day today, so we chatted about that. I mentioned that I saw a tree on Friday that had half it's leaves brown already. Fall is closing in early. She mentioned some of the things she is doing where she is....
This is my new blog space. My old blog is still available, but due to some account changes with Google, I chose to move my blog around to a new Google user-id. [Update]: Ha! Technically, I just figured out how to import my old blog into this one. So, now everything is all in one place.
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,2003079,00.html I read the article above*, and couldn't help but notice that this was the very same analysis that so many had about the Green Party during the G.W.Bush years. The whole idea, then, was that the Green party, by both attracting Democrats, and then also endorsing occasional bat-shit-crazy candidates basically imploded the realistic chances of either party. *The Headline is different in the print edition: Mark Halperin's Take: How the Tea Party Is a Mixed Blessing