Tacitus: Failure of nerve? or ultimate bravery
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.
Pictures from San Francisco
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 [...]
Going to hell, slowly
Found via Oliver Willis: Church Sign Generator. Make your own roadside Baptist attraction:
Light blogging weekend
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.

