After harboring guilt feelings for years about not being a member of the ACLU, I finally joined the other day. I didn't realize membership is only $20. That's fifteen bucks cheaper than the Sierra Club, if memory serves.

My great grampy J.H. Ryckman was one of the co-founders of the Southern California ACLU along with Upton Sinclair. According to my grandma, J.H. was born into indentured servitude and escaped. Can't verify this though. The story is that his ma fled the Irish Potato famine and went into indentured servitude in the U.S., so I guess it's possible he was born into it. Nevertheless, the guy had a feeling or two about civil liberties. A toast to you, James Harvey! I'm hanging onto your very red, Socialist Party card. I suck compared to you.

Couldn't you look at pictures of mudmen all day long?

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"I would say pure yes."
-kid being interviewed on NPR

Didn't even have to use my A.K.

Formerly crabby patrons left the Biomed library smiling and saying, "Mun Mun, you're the best." Professor TooBusy helped Mun Mun figure out a better theoretical framework for her social science methodology paper. Fancy coffee drinks were consumed. Shoes felt comfortable. Decent parking spaces were found. Saw a kid riding a unicycle down Mississippi Ave. and came home to a message from special, new friend T.K. It was a good day.

Shrinkie the Bear says,

It would be advisable to quit almost hitting pedestrians in crosswalks with your big, fat car.

Mun Mun loves a good nature walk, but loathes hiking where one has to cross streams and climb rocks and shit. A couple of years ago on a trip to Maine, Margaret kind of tricked me into climbing Cadillac mountain with her and her friends. It was a stumpy mountain and I made it all the way without too much difficulty, but I was pissed off at the time. Smart of her to do this with her chums around, so I wouldn't complain too much. Don't ever do this to Mun Mun. You will not be so lucky.

Nevertheless, you should pre-order Margaret's new book from Amazon. I'm sure it will be a hoot. A hoot chock full of interesting natural history facts, that is.

While flipping through Stedman's Medical Dictionary today, I saw a photo of a condition called "Hairy tongue." And you thought you had problems...

Bugger it

Stupid USA. NBC says Ohio is going to Bush, but Kerry hasn't conceded. I'm going to bed.

Margaret found out about a recent German law for descendants of persecuted Jews. It might be time to reclaim my

German citizenship.

I think all the guys from the Dritten Reich are dead by now. Who is more annoying--Germans or Americans?