More Shanaginans

Okay, I'm at home and have seen some more of those tiny blue birds of happiness. Turns out they are Indigo Buntings, a bird we saw quite a lot over in the Lost River area but one which has just now turned up over here, at least in out neck of the woods. Nothing in it's description or habitat that would suggest that they haven't been around. Interesting. A delightful little bird though. Along with the Goldfinch and the Cardinal, bright flashes of color skittering about on the peripheries of our lives. Nice.

The DC Madam: Well, darn it, can't find the link to the story about a judge telling her to stop sharing her client list with the news media. Did learn something though, from here:

"...Palfrey said she is donating 10 percent of the revenue she gets from doing a series of Internet radio interviews to help wrongly convicted prisoners re-establish life outside of incarceration. The program, the Life After Exoneration Program (LAEP), helps exonerated former prisoners find homes, jobs and other support...."

We have a nice little intersection going here, this time between sex, politics and the criminal justice system. Hey, good stuff. Go, Deborah Jeane, go. No, not to the same place as Wolfie.

Tiger update: Even for the day thru 7 with a birdie, ending the birdie drought, and a bogie. Remains +3 with the projected cut at +4. Hmmm. Oh oh, he bogied #8, a par 3, for the second day in a row, and now sits at +4. Not good. Need a Tiger charge.

Did anybody besides me see all that green in yesterday's pictures (Thursday shot of the day) and realize that that's a lot of green all of a sudden? Wasn't it just yesterday that the north wind was coming off the lake and shivering our bones and green was something you handed to Butcher and Hudson after losing yet another skin? I like it, all that green of the grass and shrubs and trees.

Movie at our place tonight: Dangerous Beauty. Set in 16th century Venice. You're invited on the same terms as the other night - bring popcorn and beer. No subtitles tonight unless you want us to turn on the English, that is.

Still time to wander out to the golf course and get in 18 holes. Still gray and temperate.

One last thing: Read Larry's rant against big, nasty, ugly government in this week's Loogootee Tribune. Need more stats please, Larry. How about 1960 data next to 2000 data comparing state and federal government expenditures and size to population and GNP? At least for starters. From Larry's discussion I would guess that the stats would be substantially different, with the 2000 data showing government intrusion in every facet of our individual lives much more draconian.

So, go play golf now and think of nasty monsters and for sure you won't shank any of your shots (reference: Tin Cup).