Life Savers

Susan Collins.
Lisa Murkowski.
John McCain.

Remember their names. They saved lives last night.

The fight isn't over; the White House has it within its power to throttle ACA by cutting subsidies. But for now, we can celebrate a victory.

Country Time

The contractor just came by to look at the fence. Afterward, he suggested I should do some landscaping (which is also part of his business): "You've got this nice corner lot, and all you have is that one tree." I replied, "Used to have three, but the city took two of them. That one there was split by the ice storm back in '05."

After he left, I thought about what I'd said, and realized that all it needed was an "Ayup" and a touch of a drawl to raise the image of an old Yankee farmer....

Tempus fugit.