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So I didn't read LJ yesterday. I figure I've got enough bile and vitriol all on my own, I don't need yours. Sorry.

The image to the right is from the UK, where they have a free press...

For the last 4 years, I've been referring to Dubya as the "acting president". Here in the People's Republic of Massachusetts, the constitution does not have a provision for the succession of the governor. The lieutenant governor assumes the office, authority, and responsibilities of the governor, but since s/he has not actually been elected governor, s/he is referred to as "acting governor". Which brings me to the "acting president"... But I guess I'm going to have to shut up about that now.

For the last couple months, I've had a copy of the
Bill of Rights posted outside my office. Yesterday, Phil started editing out the ones that he felt were already dead. That left us with II, which he feel is under attack but not actually dead, and III (quartering soldiers in private houses). And I, the flaming liberal, find myself more and more in agreement with the flaming libertarian.

Dubya has convinced me that it's finally time for me to learn to shoot. I've previously only shot .22 single-shot rifles at Boy Scout camp, and that was a while ago. I've actually been thinking about this for a couple years, esp. since the skating rink we go to every week is right next to the local gun club. I'm at peace with the gun thing, but I really don't have time for yet another hobby.

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WRT the cute vermin, I've also been googling about Hantavirus. The CDC maps show 1 case reported in Masschusetts, but no exposures in Massachusetts. In other words, this one case in MA appears to have been contracted elsewhere. That, and the fact that we've already been exposed to the droppings etc, means that I'm not really worried about hantavirus. So the question returns to: will this individual mouse make a reasonable pet? Time will tell, but it looks promising. She really enjoys running on the wheel, and will periodically stop, get flung off by the momentum of the wheel, and climb right back on. She seems not at all intimidated by the cats hanging around outside the aquarium, or at least no more so than by the people.