My friggin back has been out for the last week and a half, so I took a vacation day today to give my twisted spine some needed rest. I think it's helping. Maybe I need another cup of coffee. That's the best part of staying home -- I can make coffee just the way I like it, as much of it as I want (which usually means too much).

I can also read blogs as much as I want (which also usually means too much). I'm so tempted to get back into politics, but there are so many others doing it so much better. It's a lot of fun just to watch. Watching John Edwards implode the other night was good for the soul -- he reminded me of the insufferable 1L's who got to law school feeling so smug and so smart they thought they could take challenge the old professors on logic and facts. That never went well (even when the profs were insufferable blowhards themselves); nor did it go well for Forrest Gump the other night.

What I really need to do is clear off my desk here at home. Too much computer equipment, music playing gadgets, pens and papers. Gotta find a place to keep all that stuff so I'm not such a slob all the time. I'll work on that this afternoon.