I have been phenomenally delinquent in updating this thing, haven’t I. Well, loyal reader (there’s maybe one of you), fear not.. I’m updating! My life itself has been fairly routine now that most of the hassles/trials of moving into a new place are over with. I like my place a lot, and my sparse approach to furnishing it has worked out well 
The title of the post relates however to something else. Namely, I’ve been reading reviews of Bob Woodward’s new book, “State of Denial”. Suffice to say, what it reveals is above all, profoundly depressing. I might have to read the whole book when it actually comes out, but by god some of its purported insights (fart jokes?) would all be very funny if it weren’t so sad. Maybe this book and it’s revelations, and attendant publicity, will finally shake people out of their complacency and recognize what a disaster recent foreign policy adventures have been for the United States. Maybe. I shan’t write anymore on the subject, lest I bore you.
Life settles into a routine, it seems, regardless of one’s efforts, and regardless of one’s place or location. Even while traveling a routine (albeit less situated in places) seems to emerge pretty quickly. That being said, there have been interesting things happening here (restaurants, music festivals, tourist traps); and the routine’s pretty engaging in and of itself. As for interesting things at the end of this weekend, I’m looking forward to listening to Rach 3 live later today, and perhaps finally dropping by the bookstore and get going on that hypothetical ‘reading list’ of mine. Till next time,
