The Solace of Rain

It’s been gray and rainy today and there were serious downpours at times.
As a result, there are no barking dogs or loud kids.
One could be content if there weren’t economic chaos afoot: more layoffs in the news and the stock market is way, way off again today, post-election.
So much for the assumption that prices took account of Obama. I wonder what the market would have done if McCain had been elected.

The Next President

John McCain’s concession on Tuesday night was one of the best speeches I’ve heard him deliver, and it got me to thinking that my earlier inclination, to wish the Obama administration ill, was perhaps misguided.
For all his foibles, McCain is at heart a warrior, loyal to his chief, and that’s perhaps the way the rest of us should think about it as well, nonetheless keeping an eye on the stewpot.

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Matter Over Mind

It’s 9:19 PM, and I just drove 60.1 miles in the dark, in the rain, on seven different highways. I am thrilled beyond belief to have made it, having mentally prepared myself to do otherwise if need be.