QOTD
"Singing in the sunshine, laughing in the rain
Hitting on the moonshine, rocking in the grain
Got no time to pack my bags, my foots outside the door
Got a date, I can't be late, for the high hopes hailla ball."
- Led Zep, "The Ocean"
Some asshole (Iraqi journalist, I guess) threw a shoe at W today in Iraq:
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/12/14/bush.iraq/

You know how Yahoo headlines this attack on our President: "Surprise protest at Bush visit". The linked AP story is equally smarmy and undeserving of the effort of a hyperlink.

It's not everything, I know. But it is something. There's something to be said about the company you keep. It's a warm blanket to not be a part of the crowd that hates W and loves Obama. The crowd of hatred and raw, surging emotion. I will side with reason over this emotion... not hating and certainly not loving some politician, not being a part of the mass hysteria in either direction. Yes, it's a wonderful, warm, rational place to be.

QOTD2
Singing to an ocean, I can hear the ocean's roar
Play for free, play for me and play a whole lot more, more!
Singing about good things and the sun that lights the day
I used to sing on the mountains, has the ocean lost it's way.
- Led Zep, "The Ocean"
I heart the WSJ.
Fitzgerald Should Keep His Opinions to Himself

I listened to Patrick Fitzgerald on the radio. I had the same queasy feeling. Why is this officer of the court (and the FBI guy with him) giving his personal opinion of the morality of a case? Why the need for hyperbole? Fitzgerald reminds me very much of the excesses of Elliot Spitzer... we'll see how the Fitzgerald story ends?

QOTD3
Sitting round singing songs 'til the night turns into day
Used to sing on the mountains but the mountains washed away
Now I'm singing all my songs to the girl who won my heart
She is only three years old and it's a real fine way to start.
- Led Zep, "The Ocean"
Merry Christmas!
oh so good... yow, bill

PS - This is the big ole Christmas tree in Geneva, IL (snarfed from some other blog)... saw it this weekend with Kim39. The tiny Geneva downtown is beautifully done for Christmas!

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