first i don't go to the sandbar for a week and then i agree with kissinger...

I'm not sure how it happened, but it appears to be Monday.

Despite the score, the U of M/Ohio game was not that close. We were outplayed. Over and over and over again. Ohio's offense was just superior and our defense was incapable of stopping them. And our offense was inconsistent. Ah well. I've been accused once again of cursing Michigan teams. Though I wish I could take credit for being that evil, sadly, I am but a woman. A woman who likes sports.

Sunday was a lazy day filled with food, naps, more food, and the Sunday night Fox lineup. I was looking forward to the Simpsons as they went to Vermont for vacation, but it really wasn't all that funny. Family Guy? Genius. Sexual role playing games involving beloved McDonald's characters are hilarious.

Go big, go long, or go home seem to be the options facing a decision regarding Iraq. I suppose it's considered news given that the administration no longer has a blank check, but haven't these always been our options? How sad that this conflict has continued to deteriorate when a major policy adjustment was something that could have happened a long time ago. Go home seems to be the least likely scenario, but Levin's not going to give up without a fight. And John McCain has clearly lost his mind and has decided to model his presidential run coming out by sounding like G.W.B.:

McCain, a front-running GOP presidential hopeful for 2008, said the U.S. must send an overwhelming number of troops to stabilize Iraq or face more attacks -- in the region and possibly on American soil.
"The consequences of failure are so severe that I will exhaust every possibility to try to fix this situation. Because it's not the end when American troops leave. The battleground shifts, and we'll be fighting them again," McCain said. "You read Zarqawi, and you read bin Laden. ... It's not just Iraq that they're interested in. It's the region, and then us." He was referring to Osama bin-Laden and the late al Qaeda leader in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

John? We don't have the troops. They don't exist. Unless you're willing to reinstate the draft (which, coincidently, Rangel is pushing as an option) your solution is based on fantasy and not on reality.

You know who is looking at reality? Kissinger. A military solution isn't the answer, nor is withdrawing right away. I'm agreeing with Kissinger. I can't even believe it myself.

I have managed to procure a vehicle for this afternoon, so I'll be running errands. I have some phone calls to make and a sweater to work on and a scarf to finish and a run to fit in. I've been enjoying a pretty big lifestyle change recently so I'm thinking it'll be a lowkey kind of night hopefully involving some Scrabble.

And when I say "lifestyle change" I mean that I haven't been to Saugatuck in over a week.

Yeah. It's still Erin.
It's all good.