Indeed it was. Beautiful weather, a gun show where I dropped less than a Jackson (but had temptation to spend a whole lot more), and skipped nearly everything else that was available for my amusement. Instead I worked inside and outside the house, getting the garden cleared out (and harvesting the last dozen peppers), mowing the lawn, grinding up six pounds of breakfast sausage, cleaning the garage, and then re-reading a book I enjoy.
I took exactly one photo over the weekend, and haven’t even pulled it off the camera yet. Gotta do that by Wednesday. The weather was beautiful enough over the weekend, and it is the season of colorful trees, which made me feel somewhat bad for not wandering around and taking pictures, but that was counterbalanced by how good taking naps on both Saturday and Sunday made me feel.
Which leads to my big observation from the weekend. When someone asks what I miss most about working for myself, I now have the answer. And that answer is “naps.”
- Joey had a long post about Critical Massholes (or: Why I No Longer Ride with Critical Mass) on Friday. The thing I don’t understand is why the majority of the riders (who seem relatively sane) don’t just change routes when some masshole heads out front and starts trying to “lead.” Then again, I don’t understand why libertarian or anarchist groups in general often end up following some self-appointed leader. [accordionguy]
- Claire says the U.S. should be shunned by other nations for passing the Military Commisions Act. I dunno. I guess I don’t see what the big deal is. I mean torturing people to get evidence worked out fine in Salem, MA. And just look at all the witches they found… Hey, if it’s good enough for Stalin, Hitler, and Torquemada, it’s good enough for us, right? [claire]
- Been quite a while since I linked to MadKane, but her Torture Bill Haiku sounds about right to me. [boing boing]
- Is the administration Decimating the Constitution with Military Tribunals? Since the news about the new law came out, I’ve been trying to figure that out, and finally found an article which explains things pretty clearly. It’s all in the name of the “War on Terror,” but what if they were to expand it to any of the other “wars” they’re fighting. I’m not encouraged. [endwar]
- And after you’ve read those articles, you can go take the George Bush Loyalty Quiz. [endwar]