Like the f/k/a gang, the folks at The Heron’s Nest
enjoy the haiku of Alice Frampton. Here’s a pair
from today’s new THN, and one from 2002:
mosquitoes
the slap of a beaver tail
at twilight
dead calf
a mother licks
the wind
by dagosan:
supine under blue skies —
behind closed eyelids
a blood-red ocean
[Sept. 1, 2005]
potluck
There’s a lively debate in the blawgiverse on whether
looters in New Orleans should be shot on sight. Ted
Frank has a round-up at Point of Law, and makes pro-
shooting arguments. Norm Pattis disagrees at C&F.
This is too heavy for me to think about today.
update (5 PM): Steve Bainbridge makes what seems
to be a very logical distinction between shooting armed
looters in self-defense and shooting unarmed ones. I
would also think that private citizens especially have no
right to shoot looters except to protect their own homes
and families. As usual, I am turned off by the propensity
of so many weblog Commentors to spew such hated and
lack of respect.
for their blogrolls, Eugene Volokh, in The ACLU and Me:,
admits that he’s done some work for the ACLU, too,
(despite frequently disagreeing with them). Bravo,
Prof. V.
Regular gas broke the $3/gallon mark for the first time
in our region (literally) overnight — jumping 20 cents or more at
some convenience store pumps, and getting as high as $3.17.
So, I actually felt relief this morning when my usual station
“only” charged $2.869 per gallon.
