Below are the 4 most recent journal entries recorded in dewardh's LiveJournal:

Sunday, January 9th, 2005
11:47 am	possumsong Being born a "city boy" it was embarrassingly late in life that I learned that bird's wings make noise when they fly, and later still that I began to be able to recognize their kind not just by call but by "wing sound" as well. And it's been only in the past few weeks, since our resident possum has begun sleeping occasionally in the bedroom with us, not just in the "unoccupied" (except for cats) rest of the house, that I learned that possum sing. Ours is, for the moment anyway, a solitary creature singing only to itself, so we have not heard harmony or counterpoint, but we now know one night song . . . melodic, repetitive, at least as complex as birdsong or "pop" tunes. Gentle creatures, gentle song . . . And they don't, so far as we can tell, gather together in troops and go to other lands to kill other possum . . . ours, anyway, does not seem so inclined . . . (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, November 14th, 2004
12:22 pm	What to Do for Xmas What to Do for Xmas: Feeling the "blue state blues" this Xmas season? Finding it hard to get in the "spirit" of things? Here are some simple things that *you* can do . . . 1) Support your local (blue) crafters, yourself included. You really don't have to be a part of the "war economy". 2) Recycle and re-use. Never a bad idea, now more than ever this is an inexpensive and satisfying way to "do the right thing". 3) Buy exclusively "foreign". This is already easy (especially if you shop Wal-Mart), but you can make it an avocation. Do not buy products manufactured in the US (especially products from the "red" states). European and Asian manufactured goods are generally less expensive (for any given "quality") or higher quality (for any given price), and don't carry the guilt of supporting a war economy (in fact by worsening the US trade deficit it weakens the US worldwide). Join the rest of the world in shunning American products and Corporations. Tell your Republican "friends" (you're kidding, right?) that you're supporting "free trade" and "globalization". 4) Send Xmas cards with "Peace on Earth" (or "Prince of Peace" if you're into Jesus yourself) prominent in the message, especially to red state "friends" (you're kidding, right?) and relatives. Most are such dummies (dumber than the idiot they voted for, remember?) that it will go right over their heads, but many of their kids will "get it". If anyone sends you a Xmas card with an American flag on it send it back with a note that says that you do not regard support for war crimes as an appropriate Xmas sentiment (if they take offense what kind of "friends" were they, anyway). 5) Start preparing *now* for April 15 (you always say you're going to, don't you?). The less you give them the less they have to spend killing people, despoiling the environment, subsidizing the "red states", and enforcing the "Patriot Act". 6) Speak out. Better to light a single candle than to curse the Bushes . . . (and it uses less electricity, and the sex is better . . .). (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, November 13th, 2004
3:55 pm	Since "blue states" pay into the Federal Government and "red states" slop at the trough (Californians, for example, get back from the feds only 80 cents for each dollar they pay in (even less if you discount the "drug enforcement" stuff that we don't want)) we should obviously support reduced Federal taxes and a smaller Federal government. We should also pressure the California State Government to more efficiently recover (through better utilization of Federal "grant" programs and other means) those dollars we send to Washington. Details at 11:00 . . . (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, October 30th, 2004
11:26 am	the form hi catt I don't yet quite grasp the form . . . we shall see what comes of it . . . (2 Comments |Comment on this)