Hell Today

Yes, there are earthworms in the compost I'm making out in the back yard. The gardening is coming along very slowly, but right now there are a bunch of flowers (gazanias, poppies, stocks, geraniums, lilies, bougainvillea, miniature roses, camelias), a few lettuce and tomato seedlings, and some scarlet pimpernel. Cheeto and Baby are spending their time stalking blue birds, hiding from blue birds, and getting chased back into the house by blue birds. I always know where the cats are because the warning chirping is nonstop. Those birds even chased away a squirrel the other day. It's a menagerie around here.

Leina and her friend and I went to hear John Kerry speak at a rally for Antonio Villaraigosa in Van Nuys this past Saturday. I'll have some nice pictures to post on line if Leina ever gets around to sending/uploading copies! The funniest part was when Kerry was speaking and his mike went dead. Someone in the crowd started up with "Oh, say can you see," and everyone started singing the National Anthem. Meanwhile, the big group of Republican protesters kept yelling abusive comments, almost all the way through the song. Really patriotic, guys!

I have tons of work.

If you want some good commentary, go read Digby. And I like SuperNanny, too.