I too have my Spunky back.

At least for tonight. It seems I have a general disinterest in everything not related to music (and Scrabble), which curiously includes everything else I do. So let me just give y'all some sorts of an update of matters that have occurred since the last post, mmmkay?

First off, much to my chagrin, my rating at the Online Scrabble Club has been dropping. Even though my proficiency has improved, I can't seem to get a break when it comes to letter distribution. Even with words in my arsenal like cwm, mm, hm, zooid, zori, djinni, tranq, jeez, and such it seems an impossibility to win. But enough of that.

Musically I've come across some gems which thou ought to explore:
-The Body Acoustic (Cyndi Lauper)
-Raising Sand (Robert Plant and Allison Krauss)
-Death Songs For The Living (Gob Iron)
-Sloe Gin (Joe Bonamassa)
-Kill To Get Crimson (Mark Knopfler)
-Road To Escondito (J.J. Cale and Eric Clapton)

When it comes to my reading, most of it seems to be concerned with the anarcho-capitalist school of thought, which I like quite a bit. Well... it's the way to go, really. I am particularly fond of the writings of David Friedman, an Economics professor at the University of Chicago, who sees zero value in government. Hi Carol!

By the way, Carol, in a discussion about privatized education, you posed the question "What would you think if Bridgestone/Firestone and/or WalMart ran our schools?" We already know those schools would probably be even worse than what we have right now, so who in their right mind would be forcing parents to send their kids there? Who claims authority to send kids anywhere anyways, and more importantly, why?

Anyways, I apologize for so rudely interrupting myself. I have been reading other stuff though. Books that seriously and convincingly question compulsory/public education, about astrophysics, law, property rights, a couple of biographies and as always algebra.

I really have more stuff to type, but in all honesty, I got bored. C-ya!