This changing back and forth blows

Why do we have to "fall back"? I guess up until this year I've never had a problem with it, but either it's the timing in the year or the timing in my life, but either way, it's a mess. I hate having it dark outside my office window at 4:30. It's discouraging.

Here's a good plug for having "continuous" daylight savings time.

Sign me up. Let's start some sort of petition on this or something.

Weekend of Grammatical Errors

So apparently my karmic luck is to be put in front of multiple grammatical errors in one weekend. It's like a mini-hell-on-earth. Add that to the fact that the reason I saw one of them was because my car broke down in SL and you have one irritated camper.

Here's the first one, from the SL Car Wash Rent-A-Sign:

Ho Ho Ho,
They're almost hear.
Call Scaparre Today.
248-###-####

I didn't refuse to put in the number...I'm just too lazy to look it up.

Then my horoscope for Saturday read as follows:

A group with which you're affiliated with, could ask you to take care of a few tasks for them. This might involve making phone calls or running errands, or both. Your energy and enthusiasm are high, Kimberly, so this is a good day to proof how valuable your work is and how efficient you are. Make sure that you don't take on too much, however. You won't be helping anyone if you tire yourself out.

PROOF. I'm going to proof how valuable I am. PROOF.

People really need to get a grip on grammar. I should make a shirt that says that. And a companion book with helpful hints.

I so want to work on this appeal.

A federal district court judge dismissed Valerie Plame's suit against the Bush Administration today regarding the leak of her identity as an undercover CIA agent.

Apparently it wasn't good enough for him. Well, sort of....

U.S. District Judge John D. Bates dismissed the case on jurisdictional grounds and said he would not express an opinion on the constitutional arguments. Bates dismissed the case against all defendants: Cheney, White House political adviser Karl Rove, former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby and former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage.

The judge stated, in his opinion:

"The alleged means by which defendants chose to rebut Mr. Wilson's comments and attack his credibility may have been highly unsavory, " Bates wrote. "But there can be no serious dispute that the act of rebutting public criticism, such as that levied by Mr. Wilson against the Bush administration's handling of prewar foreign intelligence, by speaking with members of the press is within the scope of defendants' duties as high-level Executive Branch officials."

Um....no. Their jobs do not include attacking the credibility of anyone. Show me where in the spirit, word or interpretation of the constitution that the president and his or her staff has the authority, permission or directive to do this. If can you show me that, I have a house on Mars I'd like to sell you.

And just to add insult to injury, the now-free Libby's attorney had this gem to add:

"This just dragged on the character assassination that had gone on for years," said Alex Bourelly, one of Libby's lawyers. "To have the case dismissed is a big relief."

Yeah...money was exchanged on this one.