I saw the most perverse thing on CBS this morning. They were showing film of a tearful mother apparently talking about the hate-crime murder of her gay teenage son. Then a minister comes on and, rather than condemning this kind of violence, starts explaining how the ACLU is everyone's enemy.

What I learned today:

You can trust a man with a dog because he knows he has to come home at night or clean up the mess in the morning.

Ha!



I'm completely down-to-earth!
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Got this recurring dream.

I set a snake loose in the garden.

I only had the best intentions.

Wanted to help the little creature.

It seemed about to die in a rocky place.

I forgot that songbirds live in the garden.

Now there is a predator loose among them

and I don't have a way to take it back.

Watching Earth Girls Are Easy on TV tonight.
Jeff Goldblum is such a hottie.

I had a nicer time than I anticipated at the potluck yesterday. Met some nice people that I could actually come close to holding a conversation with and had some good home cooking. I'm awful at small talk and social graces. Mostly, at gatherings of strangers, I like to watch and try to stay out of the way.

Today I bought groceries and the sunday paper. Then went out to late lunch and hung out with Spike in east Atlanta.

Got to watch Farscape on someone else's television last night. Still mourning the loss of the SciFi Channel on my basic cable account.

Read in this month's Health magazine Tip of the Month: Socialize. Researchers found that soungbirds living in large groups have more new brain neurons than those alone. Those findings "indicate that flocking to social activities might be just the boost your brain needs."

With that in mind, I'm planning to go to a potluck neighborhood gathering today.

I'm finally home from my holiday in Paris, France. The city of Paris is beautiful. The people are beautiful. The food, wines, cheese, and bakeries are wonderful. The museums and history of the city are incredible. What can I say - it's Paris.

And I have my computer back and working again, too. Now I'm starting to settle back into a regular daily schedule again.