Short Winter Days

This is the coldest night of the winter so far. I'm under blankets trying to read, for about the third time, Anna Karenin. (Yeah, I know, real tough guy.)

I did consider wrapping myself in strings of Christmas lights, opening the curtains, and walking around the house drinking beer while trailing around the extension cord. But I've been doing that too much lately, and I usually wake up the next day very confused.

The website traffic has spiked in the past few days. I wish I had more clever material for you new folks. Please peruse the archives, or send me pictures of your pets dressed in holiday sweaters.

Political Note: Tommy Franks did a soldier’s job. And Bremer nabbed Saddam, and ran a fake play at the handover. But George Tenet gets a medal too? Without the faintest whiff of W.M.D.?