ConDFW

I thought I'd mention in passing that I will be attending ConDFW V in Dallas, Texas February 24-26. I can't tell you what I'll be appearing on because I haven't received programming info yet. I hear the programming head has just become a father for the first time. I suspect he's preoccupied.

I'll be at the Yard Dog Press road show, but otherwise, check your pocket program when you get your packet! I have two different "chops" of my first and last name, and will be using them in combination with a Gwen Frostic stamp to "sign" books. If it's a good hand day, I will initial books as well.

Yes, there's a reason I'm not writing as much as I'd like, although I trust I will write again. Seeking a new way to personalize books for fans...we'll try this one first.

http://www.condfw.org/

In case you missed it...it was illegal, but the Justice Dept. went with it

This link goes to an article in the Washington Post. It came out in December, 2005. Granted, I have been ill and don't read the local paper that often--but with all the other hysteria (much of it deserved) going on about the wiretapping, Gitmo, etc. this just flew by under the radar.
( Polite rant follows )

Why do I bring this up now? Because the White House requested the Supreme Court to allow them to join Texas in defending the redistricting plan before the court, and that request was granted today.
My only hope is that 100 years from now, this administration will be seen as the most corrupt in history, and remain a specter haunting our government at how close we brushed to fascism.

I trust we will in the end dodge this bullet. But it will be close.

In defense of Texas hunters...

In 2005: 1.1 million hunting licenses issued in Texas
Number of accidents: 30 reported
Number of hunting accidents involving alcohol: One.

A-huh. That makes Dick Cheney, who admitted to one beer the day he shot Harry Whittington...one in a million.

Daily Kos has details--

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/2/17/19140/7670