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Well, CNN states that intel is troubled by a drop in terrorist chatter. I know that twice in as many days my employer (Fortune 500 company, with 300,000+ employees and a history of working with the State) has sent out instructions for what do in case of a civil emergency; I wonder if one of our government contacts has passed on any information.

If al Qaeda or its supporters believe that a strike will lead to a repeat of the Spanish cowardice, I believe they will be sorely disappointed. We Americans are slow to anger, but our wrath is not the kind of thing anyone in this world can survive. If we are attacked again, and more Americans die, it will go very badly indeed for al Qaeda, its sympathisers and its supporters. In fact, if the incident is bad enough it might go quite badly for anyone who has been neutral.

Florence King wrote the most wonderful chronicle of Lizzie Borden I’ve ever read. Completely and utterly wonderful vintage King.

The NRA have a series of short blurbs about citizens using their firearms to assist the police. Cool stories all.

Yes, forty reasons to support gun control. Tongue-in-cheek, of course.

Dave Fancella’s wife had more difficulty installing Windows than Linux. A good read, with some interesting points, most notably that the Windows install made her feel unintelligent, but the Mandrake Linux install made her happy.

Frederica Mathewes-Green writes about all the troubles her hyphenated last name has created. Amusing, no?

Today I was reading the Netscape portal and happened upon a link to various Men’s Health articles. While reading advice on how to attract gals, I had an epiphany: I don’t care anymore; it’s not worth the effort. Every article is all about how not to be oneself; how to bear this & that in mind; how to seem to be what a girl is looking for. Well, to hell with all that: I am me, and that’s that. If some lady should take a fancy to me, I’ll be quite happy (overjoyed, actually), but forget trying to be aught other than I am. To mine own self am I true: take it or leave it.