Perspectives

My Dodgers have lost 7 in a row. A woman is a VP nominee and my internet connection is iffy at best: What is this world coming to?

I mean, as I sit here, the Dodgers are down 1-0 (had to take a kid break, it's now 4-2), and looking flat as asphalt on a hot summer day. They are getting torched. It used to be nice in the summer because no matter how bad my day at work was, or how rowdy the kids were or how much of a failure I was as a husband that day, the Dodgers would at least play .500 ball. Now they haven't won a game in more that a week. Yikes.

And this morning the news that McCain's running mate is going to be a woman. There is nothing that I can say in the following sentences that will sound not sexist, and I apologize. I don't consider myself sexist, so on second thought, I offer no apologies. I don't know many women in politics who are not democrats, but I think someone with at least a little knowledge of how Washington works would be a good thing. Some people think it would be nice to throw the baby out with the bath water and start all over at the capital, but to not have much political experience at all is a little scary. McCain ain't no spring chicken and if he goes 2 terms, there is a real shot that she might be called on to step up. I have to assume that McCain knows more than we know and everything will be ok. I just hope that this election doesn't deteriorate into the lesser of two evils. We'll see.

I spent about 5 hours doing computer stuff today and have precious little to show for it. It makes me sad that all of this technology is available to us, but we haven't completely figured it all out. Maybe some day it will all come together. I know it is getting better. Maybe I just need a new machine.

Maybe I just need a nice long nap.