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overwhelmed & apocalyptic

Between reading (finally!) the bleak The Road, the Wall Street screw-ups, the Palin factor, a pile of debt, and a truck that refuses to brake, I have not been able to do much but scowl at other scowlers on the bus, go to work, and scowl again on the way home.

But here's something that made me smile. It's been surging around the Internet, but I'm posting it anyway: donate $10 to Planned Parenthood in Sarah Palin's name, and she will receive a postcard that lets her know we're thinking about her.

Go to PP's website, click on "donate" and choose to donate in honor of someone else. It will ask for that person's name and address, so input this: Sarah Palin, Alaska State Capitol Building, P.O. Box 110001, Juneau, AK 99811-0001. OR McCain Campaign Headquarters, 1235 W. Clark St., Arlington, VA 22202.

reading at the Lit last week

Me. Phil Metres.

dear collectors

Since you have warned me that you will use any and all information in order to collect a debt, I want you to know I just got a second job. Teaching, which is something I love. But a third job might look like this (payment made in tomatoes and peppers):

confused, but not dazed

RIP David Foster Wallace. Terrible to lose an intelligent person when there are so many stupid ones running around.

(See Sarah Palin's governing style.)

am reading this week

with poet Phil Metres at the Literary Cafe, Thurs., 9/11, 9:30.