Forlorn hopes

Hey, the morning paper says that the PTBs bounced Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) from his flight because of "association with potential terrorists." Shrub associates with Ariel Sharon and Vladimir Putin and wossname, the interim Iraqi premier, all potential or known terrorists. Does this mean we can get him put on the "no-fly list"?

"Potential terrorists" my hairy ass.

To morph a question from previous election campaigns, "Are you safer now than you were four years ago?"

In other news of equal importance, the grass continues green well into the time when it should be turning brown. I shouldn't need to mow this often.

Woolly Bears on the march (AND news!)

Trrrrrommmp Trrrrrommmp Trrrrrommmp (all those legs)

Hundreds of them on the road this morning, never can remember which combination of brown and black means a harsh winter. And anyway, I saw ones that were nearly all black and others nearly all brown, with the full range in between. Guess they aren't any more accurate than the human weather prophets.

News Flash! Ace has made an offer on DRAGON'S TEETH, which will be my fourth novel sale! Frabjous Day, Calloo Callay! Only fly in the ointment, they have changed corporate policies on advance payments, now dividing them into thirds rather than halves. One third on signing, one third on acceptance, one third on publication. Corporate arrogance rides again. You don't like it, the door's right over there....

Now I have to get serious about GHOST POINT, I guess.

15.3 miles, 1:03:30

Never rains but it pours

Further on the publishing front -- the Nice Agent Lady also reports that the SFBC is going to pick up WINTER OAK. They did SUMMER COUNTRY and I'd interpret this to mean they hadn't lost their collective shirts on the transaction....