Like the f/k/a gang, the folks at The Heron’s Nest
enjoy the haiku of Alice Frampton. Here’s a pair
from today’s new THN, and one from 2002:
mosquitoes
the slap of a beaver tail
at twilight
dead calf
a mother licks
the wind
by dagosan:
supine under blue skies —
behind closed eyelids
a blood-red ocean
[Sept. 1, 2005]
potluck
There’s a lively debate in the blawgiverse on whether
looters in New Orleans should be shot on sight. Ted
Frank has a round-up at Point of Law, and makes pro-
shooting arguments. Norm Pattis disagrees at C&F.
This is too heavy for me to think about today.
update (5 PM): Steve Bainbridge makes what seems
to be a very logical distinction between shooting armed
looters in self-defense and shooting unarmed ones. I
would also think that private citizens especially have no
right to shoot looters except to protect their own homes
and families. As usual, I am turned off by the propensity
of so many weblog Commentors to spew such hated and
lack of respect.
After some rabid ACLUphobes struck Glen Reynolds
for their blogrolls, Eugene Volokh, in The ACLU and Me:,
admits that he’s done some work for the ACLU, too,
(despite frequently disagreeing with them). Bravo,
Prof. V.
Regular gas broke the $3/gallon mark for the first time
in our region (literally) overnight — jumping 20 cents or more at
some convenience store pumps, and getting as high as $3.17.
So, I actually felt relief this morning when my usual station
“only” charged $2.869 per gallon.