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I have been away from the blogging for a couple of days. We had friends here to visit and the priority went to visitin', hangin' out and time off. We actually took the time to be in the pool and lounge around it. We forget that we are in one of America's finest playgrounds. We need to kick ourselves back into the sybaritic life every once in awhile. We get to thinking that our routine is more important than taking in the sun, the birds, the air, and the beautiful setting. We even went down to the village for lunch today and sat outside, people watching, hanging out. It was OK. I don't do lunch–ever–so it was a rare experience with a lot of undertones of what it was like for us when we came here for vacations. Nice. But not a thing to be resumed. I can go a long while on today's lunch experience.

DIP

The season is in high gear. And that is just in the village. We have reverted to the outdoor life as well. The pool cover is off all the time now; and today, I will cut back the time of solar heating on the pool so it doesn't get up to 90 by afternoon. It is air-warm enough to 'need' a quick dip to cool off. Out here, the cooling happens when we get out! The dry air speeds evap rates; so, we need that wrap-around towel, especially if we go inside right away rather than warm in the sun.

SWITCH

Big changes in the dog-walk department. I am switching with John so that I will do the Franklin hour in the morning and he will take over night. This will allow him to get back to the gym and me to do supper uninterrupted. We have yet to figure what it will do for Franklin. We started today.

PASS THE BUCKS

The fun has started. Kerry says he talked to foreign leaders who want him to win. The bushers say 'prove it'. Of course, it is a trap. We all know that a lot of people outside the USA hate the current prez and the feelings are mutual. Oh, I know, hate is a strong word, but it is a time for hyperbole. They are doing it why not me?

The trap? Well, if Kerry says who it is he is talking to; it puts them on the spot and then opens him up for a charge of meddling and going back channel and all. It is a no win deal. I hope that he and his handlers have figured a way out of it. Maybe it is like the 'crook and liar' thing. He got through that nicely by not denying or switching the rhetoric at all. He just pointed his finger at the professional crooks and liars –the negative campaign gang–that any campaign attracts; but which the bushers seem to have convened in near critical mass. No one doubted that he was right on the money with the accusation.

Speaking of which, Kos has a nice set of results on the GOP and rightie soft money attack ads that are just out. Seems they are so complex in their attack that the effect is blunted or off target. See Bush Ads Miss Mark for Monday 0315.

Yeh, I know there is no 'soft money' any more; just the soft money that goes into parallel campaigns by private organizations; in other words, 'soft money'; just the new delivery mode. But the Dems have it to. The MoveOn organization is putting out a million dollars worth of time in 11-12 States that need a tweak. George Soros is funding a huge warchest to do anti-bush ads. Others are working this angle also. The idea is to try to balance against the huge bush-campaign fund money gusher. Here come the bucks.