Some folks, would seem to think (and I've read so much in some print media) that actions such as this might constitute some sort of fraud on the part of the execs. Fancy that!

And now MS-NBC and CNN come out with the [not terribly surprising] revelations that some former governor from Texas going by the handle of "Dubya" has all sorts of insider trading type connections with these planful guys. So that has the government involved, somehow. Too bad we're no longer in the age of irony, for this little imbrogio would most certainly fit in the category. You know, those pro-"free-trade" anti-gommint politicians like George W hisself and a whole pack of players in congress (graduates of the "Gingrich Revolution") now running the show. Nah, I wouldn't call that fraud.

I'd think of it as something more along the lines of Economic Treason.

Would like to be able to see Cirque du Soliel in person but that doesn't seem to be in the cards this trip. By the way, although the site requires Macromedia Flash Player 5 software, [and they also ask you to sign in and register with them] this site is a visual treat itself.

Can't saw what other mysteries and mischief I can get into up there. That'll have to wait.

27 December 2001

Drought! | According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, I am one of the 42 million people who rely upon well water for drinking, bathing, washing and all other things I'd do with captured water.

And, like some folks, I am also one of those who periodically go without water when the well runs dry. Why? Because we have a dug well, which relies upon the level of the groundwater table, which is replenished with rain and snow. Since late September there has been less than 2 inches of rain in this area, and the water table has consistently been lowering. Cause from Global Warming? Possibly. We haven't seen this low level of precipitation for decades. So come spring (can't get a well driller out here quickly anyway) we may be drillend down to some more subterranian aquifer.

Until then, we go back to doing laundry somewhere else, and either bathe down the road at a neighbors, or don't bathe at all. Your choice.