Huh. So that was a Saturday.

So feetball happened. We won, although there are definitely places for improvement already. Beyond that, I was social at a party, even had a little to drink. Tossed frisbee around with a friend from college when not at feetball or parties. All in all, a rather good day, actually. Except the sunburn. But that was unavoidable, really.

I dropped a little cash in the Red Cross box. I would like to think it's more like the old lady giving two coppers, but I suspect it's probably more like the rich men dropping off their surplus. Not to say that I don't think it will do some good, it's just that... I dunno. It feels a little more like something that should be done as a citizen duty rather than a spontaneous act of charity. It doesn't feel wrong, just different. I'm not sure what to make of it, honestly.

bradhicks has a reasonable argument as to why the casualty counts are probably going to be higher than they should be. Others suggest that Katrina may have been our doing, a natural result of the relationship between man and nature. If that idea's true, and things like Cat. 5 hurricanes are being generated because we're being poor stewards of the planet, then we need to start figuring out a few ways to make nature more happy with us.

Others suggest that the Commander-in-Chief is really behaving more like a scared school bully rather than a capable leader. Someone else joins the choir of angry voices with a erudite set of letters that plant the blame squarely on the shoulders of the Federal officials who delayed their responses, those who cut funding for improvement projects and disaster relief, and those who sent National Guardsmen off to Iraq. It would appear that the storm over the storm shows no signs of dying down at any time. When you have the mayor of the town pwnz0ring the officials above him for being laggards, you know something's gone wrong.

In addition to this, the political scene has shifted again. Chief Justice Rehnquist has passed away. With Justice O'Connor stepping down, that gives Mr. Bush the opportunity to place two justices on the Court. I wonder what sort of power rebalancing can happen with that.

Enough of depressing talk. Instead, ponder a clock the adjusts its time to activity. More people, clock spins faster. We shall see what the morning brings.