Updates

I will be doing Sunday Shore Leave and CoE reports, honest. But work needs to lighten up and my hand and shoulders are big owies. (Well, after this morning's PT, the left shoulder isn't bad. But the right and the hand are deadly.)

Meanwhile, I finally got Mom to agree to vacation. She's going camping with Mike and family next weekend, but dagnabbit I need a break and I can't afford it without cost splitting. We have agreed on a cabin in the mountains. That's about it. She wants a Friday night to Sunday morning in Asheville. (WTF? 10+ hours driving and stay for 30 hours?) I want a long weekend, 3-4 days 3-4 hours away. We may have reached tentative agreement on the Virginia Blue Ridge area (Deep Creek is too expensive, WV too far) but she still wants a short weekend and I still want a long one. And I want a secluded place, views unimportant, but she wants spectacular views and keeps nixing my choices in favor of better (and more expensive) views. And we haven't decided if CJ comes or not (Roxie stays with the neighbor, but CJ is untrustworthy with strangers so I feel better about bringing her with us.) A fun weekend of arguing ahead, I foresee.

Pay to Play

A conservative think tank got caught with their hands in the cookie jar.

news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090717/pl_politico/25072

While this sort of thing likely goes on a lot, these guys were the ones dumb enough to get caught doing it. A good example of why pretty much all information these days should be taken with at least one grain of sale.