Random Firings of Frayed Nerves...

• Good news about the missing 15 year-old I wrote about last night. She was found, apparently in good shape, about 2:30 am and was put on a Greyhound bus to her father who picked her up this mornig. I know nothing more, other than the guy was ecstatic.
  
  
• Just moments ago, I caught the tail end of an interview on the News Hour with Jim Lehrer. Roger Rosenblatt talked about his novel, Beet. I've decided I need to read it; it sounds fascinating.
  
  
• Tomorrow I have a half-day session with association volunteers, followed by an early dinner, and then an all-day board meeting on Saturday. Oh what fun!
  
  
• I should have flown to Austin today to attend an event put on by an association to which I belong. I had registered, purchased a round-trip ticket, and told everyone I would be out of the office, but I couldn't force myself to do it. Too much to do in my office, too many demands on my time.
  
  
• My wife is insisting that we try to organize another neighborhood Ethnic Night Out soon,lest the concept fade away completely. We have a couple of new families in the neighborhood, neither of whom I have met, who have expressed an interest. They're both "ethnic" families, making it all the more interesting. One is either Indian or Pakistani, the other is Malaysian, I believe. OK, I'll ask them to pick the place!
  
  
• Some people might laugh at this, but the most expensive pair of shoes I've ever bought cost $125 and were casual, walking shoes. I have a "thing" against what I consider overpriced shoes. But after wearing this pair for a while, I've come to the conclusion that I've deluded myself all these years. My feet love them! So, my wife did a search on the Internet and found a place that sells the same shoes, in my size. I'm thinking, seriously, about buying 2 or 3 pair. They're just Rockport shoes, but they are the most comfortable shoes I've ever worn in my life!
  
  
• I'm still smarting over my assessment of what's happening politically...i.e, that John McCain is gaining ground fast and that his easier to swallow (for some people) positions may actually overcome the Democrats, no matter whch candidate goes to the top spot. I hope I'm wrong. But I'm afraid I'm not. And if we get another Republican administration, I've said I would leave the country. And I mean it. If only I can drag my wife along...