AND SHE'S BACK

so it's been a million years. but as i've decided to start trying to behave myself and become a more fruitful, contributing member of society — no of the planet — i thought i might try the whole blogging thing again. you know, exercise my brain a bit. do brains grow back like worms? hm.

anyway, i am almost finished with the last part of that little series that i'm sure everyone has just been DYING for me to finish, begun months and months ago... but i just wanted to reappear and mention two quick things first.

one is this:
can the world perhaps be saved after all?
yeah, i didn't think so either but it's fun to be optimistic for a second.

the other is a part of a new yorker article that made me fume on the bike at the gym yesterday. and yes, of course it had to do with bush. here's the excerpt:
"last monday, in an interview with abc news, general george casey, the top commander in iraq for the past two years, agreed [with a comment about the rise of sectarian violence in iraq], saying that 'the six last weeks or so have been the highest levels of sectarian violence that i've seen since i've been here' and that 'a countrywide civil war' is 'the most significant threat right now.' (at a news conference that same day, president bush himself weighed in on the subject: 'you know, i hear people say, well, civil war this, civil war that.' well, at least he's listening. or maybe just hearing.)

it's funny that i'm writing this for just myself now. no one will now i'm posting! how profound.

stay tuned...
[don't really need to say that if it's just me, do i?]