three points to ponder while listening to the ice cream man drive by on this friday-on-tuesday kind of day

uno: two cubicles down, there is a meeting of two people, one of whom is giggling & talking loudly. the only reason for such behaviour is to call attention to yourself. it's difficult enough to focus on uninspiring work in a warm cubicle - the ridiculous behaviour only exacerbates the issue.

dos: the democrats are all up in arms over the president's pardoning of scooter libby, but what did they actually expect? how many people with the power to get their friend out of a bind would pass it up? the dems claim all sorts of faults in what scooter, w, and chaney have done, are doing, and will do... go figure. they are on the other side - surely you didn't expect themto agree? so, the dems have managed to point out all these places where they say the pres & his admin are in the wrong. this is a brilliant tactic, b/c it is diverting attention from the fact that the dems have accomplished nothing they promised.

tres: anita diamant's the last days of dogtown is weak. the plot is thin & watery. the characters are flat. what could be an intriguing historical tale is instead a story as lifeless as the people it is about.