The debate -- quick note

I didn't hear all of the debate last night -- I was in and out of the car running errands much of the time, and in any case I know who I'm going to vote for. But I found it particularly interesting to hear the hesitation before Bush's responses to Kerry. It sounded as though he was struggling to come up with something; there was an edge almost of panic in some cases.

It's as if, as long as he could throw in one of his canned sound-bites he was fine, but if he had to come up with something new he had problems.

I was also pleased to hear Bush's "in order to be a leader you have to be consistent" countered with Kerry's "it's possible to be consistent and wrong".

A fine fall morning

When I went out this morning to bring in the newspaper, fall was definitely in the air -- it was dry, cool, and crisp; there was a scatter of dry leaves on the ground that crunched familiarly under my feet as I walked. The only thing missing was the smell of wood smoke.

The sky is a light blue-grey now, and it's almost time for me to head out for work. Guess I'll go wake up chaoswolf and see if she wants a ride to school.