The Onion Strikes Again

Ah, satire.

Bush Asks Congress For $30 Billion To Help Fight War On Criticism

At least I wish it was satire. I think it's too on the mark, so we'll just call it reportage.

Back at it

Digging out from the backlog almost makes one consider never vacationing at all.

Nah.

As to the beach books. The James Lee Burke, while his typical excellent writing, is the same novel, yet again, but set in the Civil War. Fine for a beach read.

Oh, but the book by Mr. Branton, a disappointment. I hereby give up on critically acclaimed modern comic novelists. I toss this in the same heap as the equally bad "The Corrections" and "The Teatherballs of Bougainvillea". Note, I don't link these works. I'm not going to make it easy for anyone to read these. Do so at your own risk.

I've started, but not finished George Dyson's book. What fun! First and second hand history by someone that understands what's going on. Just imagine what life would be like today if we'd let the physicist build and run the space program instead of the bureaucrats and test pilots.

And Jennifer and I are reading the latest Harry Potter out loud. We're only getting through a chapter or so a day. We're enjoying it, so if you've read it already, keep your mouth shut!