Pawprints From Space

I've been wondering. It is just me or are other people out there feeling that it is way too early to be dealing with the 2008 Presidential hoo-ha? You can not pick up a paper or turn on the TV without being beaten over the head with "news" about the candidates. How much money they've raised (who cares!), whose spouse said what (slow news day boys?) and so on. And for Pete's sake all these states trying to get their primary dates changed so they can be "first". Keep this up and we won't need the November elections. It is out of control. There are too many candidates for any pollster to get a handle on what the voters really think. I truly doubt that anyone really cares at this point unless they are personally acquainted with the candidates. Wake me when we get to November.

It is time once again to rave about my favorite editorial page guru: Leonard Pitts Jr of the Miami Herald. In case you haven't heard there are schools out there banning hugs. Yup, students can not give each other a hug. It blocks hallway traffic or offends people or might just be GASP! a PDA (public display of affection, not the keeper of your schedule) and God knows we can't have that. Well Mr Pitts wrote about that today. Check out what he had to say about hugs (and a bunch of other things we've turned our backs on that we shouldn't have) at the Miami Herald Web site. I don't know about you but a hug can make me feel better on a bad day, make me feel comforted, understood, appreciated, loved - all good things. A hug is human contact. Those of us lucky enough to have human contact will live longer than the sad souls who don't have it. Laughter and hugs have positive effects on your health (physical, emotional and mental). So the hell with the "system"...

I have been trying to get a font issue resolved with the Blogger"mother ship" for over a week. Still no answers on the discussion boards but somehow, something I did in resetting an enormous amount of stuff has worked because I am back in business (clearly). Whew! We'll see how long this lasts.