i hear there's some sort of arch involved.

i would like to direct you to the best website i have ever read on political issues (and other things too): it is right here. the reason it stands out among others like it--which are very well thought about and carefully constructed and interesting--is because you can read it without feeling condemned. and there's the thing, isn't it? to speak to people who should care and do care, without being hostile. these things bring anger and overwhelming sadness, very true, but to communicate with each other and outwards about them is a tricky practice. thank you, a-dam, for being such a communicator.

in other news, i am drinking a lager from the brooklyn brewing company. it is pretty good, but not for resale. on that very same note, may i mention that the west side market allows you to pick your own sixer? it does. and it's only one or two dollars more than you would pay for, say, a premade sixer of sierra nevada, or what you hope will be a lucky guess. it's all very true. and perhaps a trend here, for me, number 302.

oh boy.

so what else? i am blessed and lucky, and so much i wouldn't ever believe it, to have so many people i love so well. what is hard is the missing of them, and the majority of them are not even in the state! can you imagine? just one. all the rest are no less than two thousand miles away in either direction! my goodness gracious, is what i have to say about that.

how do we feel about st louis?