Working for a living...

I am so tired of this WWII article, I can't begin to tell you.

For some reason, I have decided that I revise best while standing up with all pages spread out in front of me, so I can actually see the big picture. Then things leap into their proper order. This, unfortunately, means that I need to work in the basement of my building, the only place where I can pace and spread everything out on a big table. So, between revisions, I run back upstairs to update the section of the article I'm working on at the time (every 30 minutes or so) and, fuck, wouldn't you know it, my neighbor Old Man is sitting in the hallway without shoes on. I have no idea and did not ask, but tonight I do not feel like I can judge odd behavior--after all, I was just revising in the basement.

Apparently, I missed some doings while revising in the basement. Downtown Clayton (the hub of St. Louis County, which is really where most of the populace of the St. Louis metropolitan area lives) was apparently hit by pretty heavy storms this evening. I'm bare minutes from Clayton on foot, and we got nothing.

It's been ready to rain, if not actually raining, all day here. I went in early to my office, and there was no rain. As I pulled out of the parking lot, a huge ground strike exploded not more than a block away, scaring the shit out of a guy who had not yet made it to his car (he jumped about 2 feet in the air, not unlike a startled cat). By the time I made it to the end of the block, it was hailing. Seconds later, zero visibility and high winds. It was impressive. By the time I got to work, it was over.

Tonight I am going to start recording for the next podcast thingy, if Animala will ever leave the room for a minute so I can get started. I'm going to review a couple of books that I have read recently.

Other than that, it's Bing 0, boredom 3.

Oh! Bill Donohue! Almost forgot. Totally fricken deranged. This arrived today from the Campaign to Elect Bill Donohue for Media Whore of the Universe, or the Catholic League:

June 8, 2009

MARKEY’S BILL RESEMBLES CHOPPED MEAT

Catholic League president Bill Donohue commented today on the latest amendment to New York State Assemblywoman Margaret Markey’s bill dealing with the sexual abuse of minors:

"Just after Markey changed her bill to include public institutions, she chopped her bill up even further by now saying that anyone who wants to file a suit during the one year suspension of the statute of limitations can do so providing he is not over the age of 53. Thus, her bill looks more like chopped meat than a serious piece of legislation. What it tells us is that her initial effort was ill considered. It should be obvious to everyone that Assemblyman Vito Lopez’s bill is a viable alternative, one that does not suffer from being on the chopping block.

"In the event Markey’s bill passes, I repeat what I said on June 4: I will conduct a massive public education campaign alerting the public that they can now sue the public schools if they were abused by a public school employee, even if the incident took place when JFK was president (providing they are not over the age of 53)."

Bill is angry whenever someone reminds him about the generations of American children raped by people in the Catholic Church with the hierarchy's knowledge. Of course, if you are willing to destroy children's futures in the short term interests of a corrupt institution like the Catholic Church, of course, that clearly makes you a good Catholic. Why change toilets mid-crap?

HJ