Leaving was definitley a good idea. At the food co-op the wine manager was holding a little tasting. Yes, in California not only do they sell wine in the grocery store, you can actually end up a little drunk whilst still shopping. Lovely.

Also received this link from my boss. Nice to have a boss you agree with on larger issues.

A reporter’s take on the journalism award acceptance speech of veteran white house reporter and recent retiree Helen Thomas:

http://dailybreeze.copleypress.org/content/bog/thomas19.html

She seemed to have sympathy and affection for everyone but George W. Bush, a man who she said is rising on a wave of 9-11 fear ? fear of looking unpatriotic, fear of asking questions, just fear. ?We have,? she said, ?lost our way.?