It would have been interesting if Alexander Pope had had his own blog in 1730, in which he could rave about the people he was mad at, and he could have practiced his ryming couplets online, and he might have let us know what the trouble between him and Mary Wortley Montague actually was. But he just wrote lots of letters to his friends, and trashed his enemies in the Dunciad, and never got into cyberspace. We miss you, Al.
This is a nice but windy afternoon, and a long-predicted storm is supposed to be on the way. After the sneak tornado that suddenly appeared in Iowa City last week everyone is a little gunshy about the weather around this part of the heartland.
The news of the afternoon seems to be the Chinese woman who got into the press section at the White House and yelled at W and Hu. I should turn on Fox to get a story on the story, but I feel like leaving the tube off this afternoon. Will probably catch all the news at 5 p.m. Drudge has an LATimes statement by Pelosi, deploring Chinese human rights crimes. Well, where has she been since 1949? I have a feeling that China is becoming Japan of the 1930s--they are building up for a conquest campaign. Do they want to take over the world, militarily, or just economically? Does Chinese Communism amount to anything any more, or is it just an oligarchy in power? We will see.
Thursday night is the night for The O.C., and Earl. Two bad shows I am hooked on. And Survivor is also on. According to the new and improved TV Guide a guy gets his face cut up with a machete. I have not been following this edition of Survivor very closely. I know Shane is the crazy one, but I have not been able to sink my mind into this series. Something mental I guess. I have lost interest in American Chopper, and tried to watch King of Cars, with Chop trying to become the used car king of Vegas, but I can't get interested in it either. Man, is this an enthusiastic blog this time around.
I assume gas prices will hit 3 a gallon around here fairly soon. I had hopes to do some driving around Iowa this summer to see the rural parts of the state and get away from Des Moines' concrete jungle for one summer, but maybe I need to hog as much money as I can, and paying 40+ bucks for a fillup could easily drain my bank account. Magazines and videos are going out of the budget, and books as well. Maybe some simplicity and lack of googaws would do my soul some good--but it will be painful.
This is going to be all for right now. I need to take an afternoon snooze, and I know my myriad fans and devotees will want me to rest for a few hours. So, Di di mau!
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