Amazing post from political blogger Tacitus, describing how his honesty and maturity in confessing his depression was handled, and earned him a discharge (honorable) for medical reasons. I think this is the hardest thing to do with depression: to confess it to one’s boss.

I finally found my Bluetooth adapter, so I moved all the photos off the phonecam from last weekend. I’m especially fond of the photos from Santa Rosa (see right), of the town’s most famous resident.

It was a cold morning, but we walked out early for espresso. I had to see the statue, after having read about it on the museum website. That is, of course, The Great Pumpkin next to the statue, placed there on Halloween apparently.

Found via Oliver Willis: Church Sign Generator. Make your own roadside Baptist attraction:

I have a lot of sleep to catch up on, so I anticipate this will be a light blogging weekend. Hopefully I can resume intelligent commentary, or at least voluminous commentary, soon.