View From the Bushes

The last few days have been interesting. My youngest was running a fever of around 104 on Monday. We were able to bring it under control by alternating Tylenol and ibuprofen, but she was still pretty miserable. On top of two ear infections (the doctor's eventual diagnosis), she has a new tooth coming in. As a result, she hasn't slept well (or really at all) the last two nights, which basically means I haven't slept well the last two nights.

Yes I'm whining again, but when it's nine at night and you can barely keep your eyes open and you're not sure if tonight will be any better, sunny optimism is the last thing on your mind. I guess it's also the reason that in a moment of weakness I'm going to confess to something: I've been watching American Idol (for great snarky recaps I recommend Television Without Pity). In my defense, I have long maintained that if I didn't laugh at other people I wouldn't laugh at anything, and if you enjoy laughing at other people there's no better place than the American Idol auditions.

In other more responsible news, there were the Iowa Caucuses and the State of the Union. The SOTU bore few surprises, but the caucuses were chock full of them. Dean finally imploded as lots of people have been predicting. Gephardt was kind of sad -- here's someone who, by all accounts, is a really nice guy but he had his chance in Iowa back in '88 and apparently they weren't willing to give him another one. In any case, I really need to get to bed, so I'll catch you later.

Carpe Diem Quam Minimum Credula Postero
Ross