Morning Coffee (04)

Today's Morning Coffee is brought to you by Apathy. When you just don't care, apathy is there.

Weather's pretty nice here as we sit at about 43 degrees; supposed to get into the mid-50s. Most of the week is forecasted in the mid-60s. At least it hasn't snowed yet. Oh, how Erie sucks; though I guess not everyone thinks so considering the number of people that live there.

I hope everyone's weekend was okay. No, not good or great, just okay. Mine was just okay. I did however, find a neat little park about five minutes from my big $1,000 a month rental house. It's actually a preserve; there are waterfalls, gnarly cliffs, and a cave to go along with a ton of trails. I didn't get a chance to check out the "thorny badlands" but I will get to that soon.

On to more important things. Saddam has been sentenced to death. So what will this mean? I don't know, probably not much considering that he must still stand trial for a number of other crimes. It could literally be years before the man is hung (and he has requested that he be executed by firing squad, you know, a death befitting of a "military man."). It's good to see Iraq on par with the US in one area. Nothing like spending countless dollars on a condemned man's food and housing. You'd think that the rest of the charges would be moot. Imagine being sentenced to death on day, and then six months later, you are fined $25,000 for some minor felony. Then, six months later, you're sentenced to a year in prison for some other crime. It seems to me that the climax has already been reached, you should just roll in all the other stuff. Of course I say this in jest. Who knows, the punishment for his next charge might be NOT being hung by the neck until he be dead, dead, dead. That would be an emotional rollercoaster.

There is not much else worth mentioning today; the Morning Coffee will be a little bit light. Consider it black today, without the fattening cream and sugar of days past. Maybe it's a bit more healthy.

You'll be saddened to know that the contest has no winner. You people call yourselves analysts? You don't get to know the answer now, but I welcome your continued attempts. And by that I mean, AN attempt.

Henry Louis Mencken, a great journalist of the early-mid 20th Century said, "Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats." I concur, Henry, but I might add one thing: It takes a great man to know when those times are upon him. Mencken also wrought one of my favorite quotes: "Puritanism - The haunting fear that someone, somewhere may be happy."

Word of the Day: Copse (noun): A thicket or grove of small trees.
On this Day in History: Roman Emperor Constantius II elevates his cousin Julian to the rank of Ceasar (355 CE).