... and had falafel for the first time. In case you don't know, it's a fried garbanzo bean paste. Reminded me of heavily breaded meatballs. Chrissy had a Turkey-Lettuce-Bacon sandwich platter. We drove around Buffalo mostly and talked about this and that. A pleasant evening.

I played Halo 2 on Mike's Xbox at his place last night almost until midnight, when he threw me out. I am SO not used to those controllers and the dual weapon weilding and all. And having Mike over my shoulder frustrated at my inability to figure out whatever right away didn't help. Sorry, Mike, it's a lot easier bitching to myself and figuring it out and build skills on my own most cases. I ENJOY that in the long...

My wife would consider such a thing a total waste in life. I alawys knew differently. Healing from stress, the ultimate downtime, I cherish every moment. And I love sleeping or napping with people (and pets and stuffed animals) I Love. But here, it brought insight. MANY insights. I dreampt I was half-awake, and was going to get out of bed and go downstairs. Except I realized there wasn't usually a downstairs to be...

Okay, so my clan joined Klanwars, and we had our first battle-of-the-clans today. The Zero Tolerance Clan kicked our arses, but the leader is gaining in skill and we're developing teamwork. I borrowed Merry's headset, and we used Yahoo Instant Messenger for team chat. I also found out that everyone else quit the clan except me and the leader. O well.

Not "How?" but "How." Okay, that's not politically or historically correct, but here's the score. I watched Dances With Wolves last night, and tonight, I finally got together with a woman (Turtle Clan, Mohawk) whom I commisioned to make an outfit for me at the Erie County Fair this year. When I have a camera again, I'll post pics. It's patterned, prdominatly blue and black, with white, red, and aqua, LONG sleeve,...

Right off the bat I apologize for anyone who takes this humor column offensive, but it should give some insight into why Republicans aren't evil even if they are contemptuous of people who feel the governement is the answer to their own problems. And it also gives you a glimpse of why the heartless Republican stereotype is just that - a stereotype. Being a business owner, I completely understand where he's coming...

May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion. – Dwight D. Eisenhower