I have decided that it would make more sense to rid the world of hunger and disease instead of getting rid of all of the sociopathic religious nuts... uhhh, the terrorists, I mean. In fact, ridding the world of hunger just might take care of the terrorists... there it is, all in one swell foop! I know, that's too simplistic, it doesn't cost enough money and it's really not a lot of fun to watch on TV. Bombs, blood and guts... that's what the American people want! War as entertainment... what a unique idea! At least in was when Daddy Bush was in office... it's pretty old hat by now, though. Collateral damage... that's what it is when it's on their side....murdering innocent civilians is what we call it when it happens to us. But wait... the innocent civilians *were* the main target! What to do, what to do? I have been reading a lot lately, here on the web, all kinds of opinions. One that I thought was rather amusing (as if anything can really be amusing in connection with this tragedy) was the idea that if the US Government would publicly forgive the terrorists, they would be ended, according to islamic tradition. I find this pretty hard to believe but, what the hell, it doesn't cost anything and it just might work? O'wait, I forgot about American Pride! We must have revenge, we must have blood! After all, we are a "Christian" nation! When I was a kid, much ado was made about the oriental cultures and "saving face". Saving face was supposedly something the occidental mind could not fathom because it was so different that our supposedly logical culture. However, I would match "Saving Face" up against "American Pride" any old day. Neither make any sense. Not to this Kansas boy anyway. Yes, the echoes mentioned yesterday were those of the SS and the KGB and other "Internal Security" entities. The first step... OK, enough of that. It was a hard day at work, but not as hard as I'd feared... it was a beautiful day, and a few of our patients just didn't show up... I'm thinking that they had the day off for their tests, but it was too nice to do that, so they went out and got some beer and sat by the lake. Or something like that. If I drank beer and if I had a medical appointment on a day like this... well, I would have gone, dammit. Not much of that free spirit in me, I guess. Nevertheless, my butt is dragging... and it has been for a while now. I really think that the BP medicine I'm on now is the cause of my funk, the antidepressant should have been kicking in by now. On the other hand, I still feel feverish occasionally... So, basically, I don't know what's going on. Nothing new about that, heh? Sometimes this journal is really frustrating. There are so many things in my head that I can't possibly ever ever write them all down, and much of what I do write down is garbage. I think that it's probably the way that I think, I think. Yeah. See what I mean? So, even if I could write down everything that I want to, and write it coherently, I still wouldn't have enough time to do it all. So, in addition to having to think and write coherently, I would have to prioritize. It's no damned wonder that my brain is mush, huh? Well, I love you all, regardless. O'yeah, it's the autumnal equinox or something like that. Y'all celebrate accordingly.