Man, it's hard to keep track of all the shenanigans going on at the White House, isn't it? It seems that every time I check out Politico.com or Talking Points Memo or the Huffington Post there's something else to get outraged about. At least listening to Stephanie Miller in the morning on my way to work I can laugh about some of it. Of course, then I listen to Randi Rhodes at noon time and get all upset again!

You can't even get a rest listening to the sports talk shows, since they seem to be talking about whether Barry Bonds deserves the Home Run record, Michael Vick's possibly involved in dog fighting or NBA referee Tim Donaghy's betting habit.

Between all that it seems that a good portion of the Southland is either already burning or under a 'red flag warning', since we are having a terrible drought with no end in sight.

I'm also in agreement with Mark Evanier that there is something sinister about those huge crows that congregate in the arroyo every night.