In addition to the wonderful "security measures" being instated by our glorious administration, did anyone notice that they decided not to renew the Superfund legislation? This means that companies all over the country won't be as tightly bound to reduce their toxic emissions.

And in the entertainment world, we've traded one evil for another. Whlie Dennis Miller is being kicked off of "Monday Night Football" (something that I'm actually thankful for because I didn't think he fit in at all and it always sounded like his co-commentators really didn't want him there), ABC has hired John Madden to take his place. Personally, I can't stand Madden and I think he makes no sense at all, and I also would rather hear Dennis Miller's snarky comments than John Madden blathering on and on about nothing in particular.

I just got off the phone with my mother. They finally reinstated her cable modem connection and the technicians had no idea how to reconfigure her computer from phone modem to cable modem, so I had to walk her through it from 3000 miles away (by memory, mind you -- my computer is still disassembled and sitting in the garage) and in ten minutes, I had her up and running while the tech support people had tried to make it work for over an hour and couldn't do it. This is why I don't trust tech support.

And now, I have to get ready for work. What a great thing that is for me to say, and even better that I'm not unhappy about it!