And I haven't any lox, either

I have three bagles left: one asiago cheese, and two multi-grain covered with all sorts of seeds. I don't especially care for the seedy ones, especially since the caraway seeds kind of overwhelm all the other flavors, and I love-love-love the cheesy ones. But all three have to be eaten, and soon. So which do I eat this morning?

Ponder that question as I try to dislodge this caraway seed from my wisdom tooth.

The Dark End of the Street, Epilogue

It was a particularly frosty night, but I had a very big log on the fire, and the indoor temperature was about 75 degrees at 3am. This is what it was at 9am.

Brrrrr.

Why the South Ain't Gonna Rise Again, Reason #2,753

Southerners can't count.

“I am running for one reason and one reason only, and that is to change a state headed in the wrong direction and to come back here and raise grandchildren.” -- Roy Barnes, candidate for Governor of Georgia, as quoted in the New York Times, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009, Page A1 of the New York edition.