The Mars Spirit rover is evidently having problems.
Right. “Having problems.” We all know the Martians have done in every damn probe we’ve sent to that planet. When they said they didn’t like solicitors, they meant it.
Sleeping like a baby
Evidently translates to “Wake up 3:30, be extremely antsy, convince Mom to take you downstairs, hand her the remote control, and watch Toy Story.”
He seemed to have a little fever, so I gave him some Tylenol before we came down here. He’s so totally in love with Woody and Buzz from Toy Story, nothing makes him happier than running around the room with his Buzz doll yelling the rough equivalent of “To infinity! And beyond!”
Thankfully, he is not doing that now. He is quietly watching the movie. I am hoping he zones out.
I, however, want to go graze in the kitchen. What is it about being up in the middle of the night that says, “Go ahead! Eat! It’s a fine time to have your biggest meal of the day, despite (or maybe because) it’s weigh-in day!”
Oh what a lovely war
For those of you who do not read Riverbend, go read how things are going over there from the horse’s mouth:
I usually ignore the emails I receive telling me to ’embrace’ my new-found freedom and be happy that the circumstances of all Iraqi women are going to ‘improve drastically’ from what we had before. They quote Bush (which in itself speaks volumes) saying things about how repressed the Iraqi women were and how, now, they are going to be able to live free lives.
The people who write those emails often lob Iraq together with Saudi Arabia, Iran and Afghanistan and I shake my head at their ignorance but think to myself, “Well, they really need to believe their country has the best of intentions- I won’t burst their bubble.” But I’m telling everyone now- if I get any more emails about how free and liberated the Iraqi women are *now* thanks to America, they can expect a very nasty answer.
You know, shortly before the war started, I saw on the news (a rare occurence—I do not watch the news on television, which seems to me to be completely content-free, even with all of its pictures; if a news program starts on a channel not in the pocket of Viacom, GE, Disney, or ADM, let me know) some story that included an excerpt from the Iraqi state news, which had a female newsreader. Who was not covering her head in any way.
And I thought, I wonder what other Islamic nation we’d see that in?
(ObHappyNewsSlam: she wasn’t 26, anorexic, and blonde either.)
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