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I’ve been thinking again about the 3,000 or so ancestors I have (a great many of which are your ancestors as well) and that long imaginary line of men snaking back into history to ancestor number 1 who lived, had sex at least once, and died near what is now Ethiopia around 10,000 years ago.

And what I am thinking is this: I’ll bet that line of 2,999 men are pretty boring guys. If the world is as statisticians tell us it is then there were some a little taller than me, some shorter. There were some outliers on the smart side and some outliers on the dumb side, but most of the 3,000 were probably fairly undistinguished.

I don’t harbor any illusions that my genetic heritage is terribly interesting or noteworthy.

If you missed Dana, Mike Mathews and me on TV, Mike has posted the video. We talk about the election and stuff while I sit slouched down (for some reason).

All those nightly multi-part in-depth investigative reports that the even handed press did about the waste, poor planning, and fraud that led to our $100 billion failure restoring basic services…

Apparently with 11 year-old boys it is all about farts, calling each other gay and acting retarded. Come to think of it, it's not so much different than here.

Happy Birthday, Mr. Pandora! This song speaks for me. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knLKyScgXIs&feature=related[/youtube]

Read the whole thing if you have a strong stomach. Bottom Line: The traditional media is already working with wingnuts to turn the non-scandal in Chicago into a ten year…

...is something I really would have liked to write 4 years ago. I'd rather have been wrong about Bush than have this country in the situation that Bush has put…

It REALLY never ends…

To set the stage, daughter #2, despite my best efforts to screw her up is beyond brilliant. She is a straight A student that most likely will be able to get into any college in the country assuming I can pay for it and don’t screw her up over the next 18 months. I will be allowing her to miss some school time in April b/c my sister will need a little assistance on a trip to Florida with her children. It will allow her some adult time with her husband. It is a week I have my daughter, but I didn’t get a chance to ask the Ex-Viti if it was ok. I figured it would be, but my father acted faster than normal for him so I had to beg for a little forgiveness with the Ex-viti

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