first, the serious

Elizabeth Moon being very sensible about two highly inflammatory subjects:

http://e-moon60.livejournal.com/62963.html

then the silly

The Seahawks won their first playoff game of the season yesterday, over the Washington Redskins. Not without the spending of a whole lot of adrenaline during the fourth quarter, when they almost pulled defeat from the jaws of victory, but the bottom line is that they won.

There's a lot of folks out there in the rest of the country who were sentimentally wishing the Redskins would win -- and, granted, they have good reason. But please don't try to spoil our party, okay? I mean, we didn't want to pull a crossball on them...

Oh, and Pittsburgh lost last night [eg]. Now I am going to get genuinely petty-minded. Ever since the Super Bowl two years ago, which was about as rigged as a certain presidential election I won't mention here (would that that election had had as unimimportant a set of results), my favorite team has been the Seahawks and whoever beats the Steelers. Go, Jags!

Okay, I'll drop the petty-mindedness now. If the Seahawks will just get some respect from the rest of the NFL, that is...

Yeah, it's just a game. Sue me [g].

okay, more silly

Your Score: Cardamom

You scored 75% intoxication, 50% hotness, 50% complexity, and 50% craziness!

You are Cardamom! Not many people know you. You're kind of sweet, subtle, and maybe even shy. You're definitely understated and totally underrated. But once people get to know you, they can't get enough. You touch some esoteric, ancient place deep inside people and they love you for it.

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That's the stuff in rye bread, right?