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Nov. 16th, 2005 07:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vicarzI limp faster than most people walk, sad but true. Doc says aint nuffin broke, just hobble and take it easy for 7-10 days, take them legal drugs.
Last night was just beautiful. It was another unexpected gift, a burst mid-week, warmth where we expected cold, the moon emerging in all it's...moonitude. I've written off several gorgeous days and evenings as the season's last, only to find another around the corner. There is a lesson to be learned there - appreciate each moment as it comes, not knowing with certainty when there will be another. I'm certain of many beautiful moments to come, but I'm not going to appreciate any one less based on another yet to come. I'm going to savor every moment I can.
Ironic political note:
So we invaded iraq based on WMD including chemical weapons. While you don't see it here, the BBC is reporting our own military admitting (at long last following many denials to the arab world) we used banned chemical weapons against insurgents:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4440664.stm (stolen from a couple peep on LJ likechadu)
I don't think this is the big deal people make it out to be, it might be a technicality (the US claims it uses phosphorus to illuminate and burns are incidental rather than the specific purpose) but the arrogance of the US to ignore a ban in which the entire world agrees to ban a substance as a chemical weapon, and we use it...and that's if we're telling the truth now. Of course, you won't hear about this on WTOP, FOX, CNN, or even a real network...
Last night was just beautiful. It was another unexpected gift, a burst mid-week, warmth where we expected cold, the moon emerging in all it's...moonitude. I've written off several gorgeous days and evenings as the season's last, only to find another around the corner. There is a lesson to be learned there - appreciate each moment as it comes, not knowing with certainty when there will be another. I'm certain of many beautiful moments to come, but I'm not going to appreciate any one less based on another yet to come. I'm going to savor every moment I can.
Ironic political note:
So we invaded iraq based on WMD including chemical weapons. While you don't see it here, the BBC is reporting our own military admitting (at long last following many denials to the arab world) we used banned chemical weapons against insurgents:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4440664.stm (stolen from a couple peep on LJ like
chadu)I don't think this is the big deal people make it out to be, it might be a technicality (the US claims it uses phosphorus to illuminate and burns are incidental rather than the specific purpose) but the arrogance of the US to ignore a ban in which the entire world agrees to ban a substance as a chemical weapon, and we use it...and that's if we're telling the truth now. Of course, you won't hear about this on WTOP, FOX, CNN, or even a real network...
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Date: 2005-11-16 01:57 pm (UTC)Even still, absent "reclaiming harmful language" it isn't something to be proud of.
I think you East Coasters need to get a grip on your Spring and Autumn. People up here just don't know what they are doing with those two seasons. Everyone starts wearing shorts when it hits 50 in April, and then pretends like it isn't 30 outside when the next coldfront blows through. And during October and November, they act like the sun will never shine again! I have NO proof that this is logical, since last year and (apparently) this year, it's remained enjoyably comfortable late into the year. Last year in early December, I was wearing only a sweater and jeans and was comfortable...maybe a little warm. I think people up here are recovering from a traumatic winter a couple years ago, and have this kind of "refugee shock" thing going on.
/rant
Isn't the weather beautiful?