Andrea, you're right, this is hysterically funny. Check the Department of Homeland Security's new terror-related signs. The signs are real, people.

The world truly is insane...



I just went to the DMV. In and out in 30 minutes. Filled out forms, paid for a license, took an awful photo, barely passed a written test - all without delay. INsanity, I tell you.

Also, times like this show what an amazing jobs news organizations like AP do. We have almost real-time print coverage of this stuff thanks to the wires and the Internet.

My normally 15-minute shuttle ride took 30 - not too bad. But the effects of the protests downtown are wide-reaching. Keep in mind that I work at a hospital and shuttles are delayed, some, including the one that connects people coming in on BART to the hospital, are totally shut down right now. Think of how many nurses can't get to work. Think about how many people suffering from liver disease are calling in a panic because they can't get to our clinic today.



Doesn't seem right.

I'll be incredibly pissed off if I can't get to work tomorrow. Protesters plan on fucking shit up all over the city.



I really respect people's right to free speech and expression and all that, but acting like five-year-olds throwing themselves on the ground, kicking and screaming until they get their way? Not so cool. Protest. Assemble. March. But not at 6 p.m., without permits, when I'm trying to drive home. Don't block off major intersections when people who need to make a living are trying to get to work. That's completely disgusting.



There are a million reasons to love living in San Francisco, but the civil disobedience that's expected to take place tomorrow is not one of them. People who storm office buildings, throw rocks at stores and try to shut down public transportation are not anti-war. They're idiots. And they're doing a ton of damage to their cause. Who's going to take you seriously?



Want to be taken seriously? Write a well-researched letter to the editor. Study the issues so you can make intelligent points when the camera is on you instead of lamely yelling that Bush is an asshole. And maybe, just maybe, rock the vote.

I've been pretty ambivalent about the "showdown with Saddam." I'm not anti-war, I'm not pro-war. I think it's a very complicated situation and there are strong pros for both sides. There is an Iraqi-American doctor here who is unbelievably pro-war. He thinks that the possibility of losing loved ones in a war is worth ousting Saddam, a man who has terrorizes his family's lives, once and for all. So that's something I always have in the back of my head when I hear Americans, who have no first-hand experience dealing with the Iraqi government, crazily screaming about war.



But I also think it's strange that things are going this quickly. People are pissed - here and especially in Great Britain. I haven't participated in the protests (see ambivalence), but they're impressive. So I don't know why Bush is going full steam ahead when this many people want to crucify him. True, I live in San Francisco, where the people are truly a unique breed, so perhaps the majority of Americans do support war, but I wonder how this will affect the presidential campaign.



If all of these protestors had mobilized as effectively as they are now and elected Gore, maybe the country would be in better shape.

The truth revealed... Bush and Blair, a forbidden love?

You are a cold, heartless, biatch.

It's really hard to make me laugh or really smile. And I find it very difficult to feign delight or fake laugh/smile. This is becoming a bigger problem every day as certain people keep forcing me to pretend I'm interested in what they're saying. Why can't I just ignore people without being considered a total asshole? I'm not. I'm just not impressed.

Me thinks this site's content will become a lot more media-related. I'm trying to immerse myself in media-related stories and sites to learn as much as possible. For a journalist, I'm not as educated (interested) as I should be. I'm also getting ready for a big push toward freelancing for national pubs. I never really developed my pitching skills. When I was freelancing last year I stuck to familiar territory, but I'm developing ideas now and hitting the library Saturday to reserach magazines so I can blind pitch with accuracy.

A dear companion that's been close to my heart for more than four years is about to depart and I'm pretty sad. Yes, it's true, my Celtic knot necklace is about to go... I got it at Tumbleweed in Ridgewood, N.J. during Thanksgiving break of my freshman year at Rutgers. It ties in the back. so it's never been taken off, but one end of one is the links of the knot, the one that is connected to the string, separated from the rest of the knot. I'm sure the other end of the link will break off any day now. Sigh.