Don't know how things were going for you today, but everyone at work was totally tired, hungover, depressed, angry, and on edge. People came about as close to you could get to snapping at somebody without actually snapping and at some point, almost everyone had to apologize for how they came off when talking. People would just say "I'm sorry, I didn't mean that, it's just that, well, you know.

As for me, I'm so depressed I can't even watch "the Daily Show." It's just not funny right now. No way, no how. All I can say is thank God for ESPN because that's all I can watch over the next couple of days. Well, that and Skinemax, but that's a given.

PS- we saw lightning today in the sky during one of the quicky storms that hit. Obviously a sign. But of what? It doesn't look like the Bible Belt got hit with anything. Maybe Smirkyboy is the God's chosen one? Or maybe it was just lightning.

From Hunter Thompson's Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail speaking about a time much like our own- " It is Nixon who represents that dark, venal, and incurably violent side of the American character almost every other country in the world has learned to fear and despise. . . . He speaks for the Werewolf in us; the bully, the predatory shyster who turns into something unspeakable, full of claws and bleeding sting-warts, on nights when the moon comes too close. . "