Post Titled: Monday began again.

I walked to work this morning and it only took about 40 minutes, which is odd because it takes approximately a half-hour with the U-Bahn, hmmm. And it (walking) is free.

I have been meaning to include a link to the TED Conference. Good stuff. I think you can watch the lectures on their site, many of which are well worthwhile.

OOF! Could MODERN JACKASS have a new definition?:
(From the Washington Post)
No U.S. Backup Strategy For Iraq
Outside Experts, Not White House, Discuss Options

By Karen DeYoung and Thomas E. Ricks
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, March 5, 2007; Page A01

During a White House meeting last week, a group of governors asked President Bush and Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about their backup plan for Iraq. What would the administration do if its new strategy didn't work?

The conclusion they took away, the governors later said, was that there is no Plan B. "I'm a Marine," Pace told them, "and Marines don't talk about failure. They talk about victory."
FULL ARTICLE HERE

Pace had a simple way of summarizing the administration's position, Gov. Phil Bredesen (D-Tenn.) recalled. "Plan B was to make Plan A work."


On an annoying note- it is things like articles titled "The Hidden Costs of CHildcare" that make me never ever want to return to the United States again... you feel me on that?