Lately, I've been noticing that most political blogs (that I'd read, anyway) have become just like political propaganda - not unique, new, unusual at all, just shrill and repetitive.

Yes, the Bushies are corrupt and think they can get away with it. Tell me something I didn't already understand.

The Blogs have become everything that I abandoned corporate news for years ago - bone jarring thumping on a particular, half-baked point that could be easily argued the other way. And, I'm not the only one to have noticed.

It seems that concomitant with my own fading interest in re-reading the same drumbeat, someone with a stronger voice has protested the uselessness of the blogs.

One of those blog summaries today led me to a most interesting article discussing engineered responses to climate change. I've read it, and all I can think of is "here again we have people thinking that they can control a complex and incomprehensible, interactive system. And, that they're smarter than God." There are always unknown and unintended consequences in these actions, which are frequently worse than are the symptoms for which management is desired.

Today, I believe I'm going to engage in the following:

a.) avoid as many people as I can
b.) mop the garage and courtyard flooring
c.) scrub the downstairs tile floors
d.) laundry
e.) weed the front flowerbed
f.) re-arrange the downstairs and my bedroom closets

These things will give me a sense of accomplishment that has been sorely lacking in my career these last seven months, but will not produce any income.

I am reminded that I have to go into town to pick up the things at my PO box. Which they weren't prepared to deliver yesterday, even though some items had been received on Thursday.

That does give me cause to get the car out of the garage, which will make hosing out the garage and courtyard that much easier.