Just wondering...if liberal Democrats are so up on the idea that we need to negotiate with our enemies (Iran, Syria) instead focusing on regime change, why are they so excited about regime change among their own party in Connecticut, instead of trying to get Lieberman to change the one or two positions he has which don't toe the party line?

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I hate people who come into an elevator, go into one of the front corners and stand sideways, so that the people in the back have no choice but to stare at them (or if you're on the other front corner, be stared at).  The fewer the number of others in the back elevator already, the more uncomfortable it is.  A minor thing, but a human behavior, I don't understand.

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I downloaded Sunday's Meet The Press onto my cellphone and listened to it as I went for a walk yesterday evening.  Right now, I'm all for McCain '08.  He sounds so absolutlely reasonable as he walks the fine line between criticizing Rumsfeld and our mistakes in Iraq and the fact that we can't afford to leave.

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I had to start using soaker hoses to water the foundation of my house last night.  Apparently, they're very popular around here.  We already have cracks in one of the bathroom floors and in a wall upstairs.  We're hoping that the soaking will prevent further damage - at least that's what one of the neighbors suggested.  I do feel kind of guily running the water for several hours each night during the drought restrictions, even though soaking is allowed for any reason during the evenings.  That being said, I'd feel worse if I had to pay 30 grand to repair my foundation, and it ain't covered by insurance.  I never heard of soaker hoses before this year....

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The NY Times rips into France.  I'm still not big on their saying that we're overstrectched in Iraq - that's a throwaway line from a paper who sided with generals who were willing to send a couple of hundred thousand additional troops into Iraq for the inevitable occupation.  That and we just augmented our force in Iraq by the entire amount of the proposed Lebanese peacekeeping force without anyone seeming to notice.

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Snopes has the scoop on the letter my rabbi read Friday night which claimed to be a rant by Steven Spielberg against Mel Gibson.

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The wife and I saw (at different times) The Thing About My Folks which is sort of a father-son road movie.  We both liked it a lot, although it's nowhere near being a great.  Seven stars out of ten.  That being said, I felt Peter Falk gave an Acadamy Award worthy monologue about what it meant to be a good father 40 years ago.  Real hurt and anger from someone known generally as a comic presence.