Aeons!

My wife plays a lot of Web Boggle and I frequently join her in over-the-shoulder mode when we go to bed. For some reason, not only do I have an excellent knack for spotting the word 'aeon', I also seem to have a projective forcefield that prevents other people from spotting it -- we always seem to get it as a unique! Russ doesn't seem to have much luck spotting that word by herself when she's solo.

I'm amused. Then again, simple things amaze simple minds.

I love election cycles!

Doonesbury has a quote every day on his comic, along with a news ticker quoting various politicos. It's almost a "mock the stupid", and though he doesn't focus exclusively on the GOP, he does lean heavily in their direction. Today's comic is also pretty good.

Today's quote: "I think there is a handful of people who hate America. Unfortunately for them, a lot of them are losing their homes in a forest fire today." --Glenn Beck. And here I thought they'd moved past "people who hate America."

And on the ticker, Guilliani talking about Hillary along the lines that the country can't afford her spending plans. When you look at the national debt going back 30 years, assuming she performed fiscally like her husband, I'll take her over any republican any day.

Which is not to say that I like her, frankly I find her kind of frightening. I have yet to find any candidate that I consider worth anything.