Haiku, haiku.

There was a haiku contest hosted on a website, seeking submissions on the McCain/Palin ticket. A friend of a friend (yes, long distance) submitted this one:

mock them all you want
the country is asleep and
deserves no better

This friend of a friend is named Kaveh Soofi.

Is the election waking people up? When it's done will we return to our restless slumber?

What if...

...the government was operated like a business.

The citizens are the stockholders.

They choose where to invest their tax dollars; allocating where they approve their money to be used. The dollars would show citizen support for various initiatives -- whether off-shore drilling, sustainable energy, war on terror, what have you.

507 miles.

507 miles.
Leave Milwaukee.
Two sisters.
iPod playing Leonard Cohen.

Grandma visits.
Tired. Restless.
Exhilarated to see us.

And it was our goodbye.

And there was singing.

On 9.28.08, Ryan + Amy got themselves hitched, forever after. Megafaun was the side act to the wedding. And we sang, clapped, stomped, danced and some ate flowers in celebration.