kicked off his shoes, wiggled his toes and was settling in when the attorney in the window seat said, "I think I'll get up and get a Coke." "No problem," said the physician, "I'll get it for you." While he was gone, one of the attorneys picked up the physician's shoe and spat in it. When the physician returned with the Coke, the other attorney said, "That looks good, I think I'll have one too." Again, the physician obligingly went to fetch it and while he was gone, the other attorney picked up the other shoe and spat in it. The physician returned and they all sat back and enjoyed the flight.
As the plane was landing, the physician slipped his feet into his shoes and knew immediately what had happened. "How long must this go on?" he asked. "This fighting between our professions? This hatred? This animosity? This spitting in shoes and peeing in Cokes?"
I got another 1.5 Mb antivirus download from Norton this morning. Actually it looks like most of it is an online registration of some sort. They'll want money of course and they do need it to keep churning out those virus definitions.
It's springtime in the Rockies!
I've finished the spring shearing and I'm pleased to report that the same good-looking young guy appeared from under the mass of facial foliage. I'm always a little afraid that I'll shave off my beard and find my father under there, but not this year.
I may have been a bit premature, as it's about 20°F outside and the weather channel is predicting snow and cold with high winds through the weekend. Given my usual luck we're sure to have a major spring blizzard now that I've been shorn. However, if I really thought it would tempt the weather gods to dump snow or rain on us I'd shave my head to boot, because we desperately need the moisture.
Update: Yes, I am this far behind in my blogging. I wrote this yesterday about this time Dreadfully busy right now, with 16-hour days in front of this infernal contraption. Makes me want to run away and become a hunter-gatherer. But the season doesn't start until April 1st.
Incidentally, I notice that FoxNews.com's Wednesday Guest Blogger feature is trolling for Guest Bloggers:
Editor's Note: Wednesdays is Guest Blogger Day at Fox Web Logs, whereby Foxnews.com expands upon its effort to provide a forum for the aspiring pundits of cyberspace. If you keep a great log, send us an email with the URL and some samples of your best work. (Only submissions with "Guest Blog" in the subject line will be considered.)
Cool. Give 'em a shot. I'll have to do some good work first, though. That is, of course, work.
I still haven't heard back from GoStats. This is an Internet World, dammit. Where's my instant gratification?
It's probably my fault, I guess I'll try again. Hmm. Perhaps I should have read the fine print more carefully. There's more information required to sign up than is indicated by the asterisk-marked 'required' fields. Hopefully it will take this time, before I get cold feet.
Thursday, March 21, 2002- - -
"Sane Gun Bill in Sight"
An interesting editorial in today's Denver Post heralds the possibility that a modified 'shall issue' concealed weapons licensing law will pass in this session at the Colorado legislature.
Don't get me wrong. In matters of public policy I'm pretty much an incrementalist. I think we make more progress when we take small steps than when we demand great leaps. To many, passing a 'shall issue' CCW is a small step in the right direction. However, I disagree with the whole concept of licensing constitutional rights. When it’s licensed by the state it’s not an unalienable right, it’s a privilege granted by the state. That is no small step. That's hanging ten off the edge of the abyss.
Today's DP editorial illustrates some of the problems with licensing rights:
Senate President Stan Matsunaka, D-Loveland, and House Speaker Doug Dean now seem close to a compromise that makes sense to us: Law enforcement will be able to deny permits if there's documentable proof of instability under a so-called "naked man" provision. That would apply to people who have done weird