Countdown to War…
Here I am, sitting here in my couch and racking my brains to try to come up with any interesting topics, knowing that I need to go to bed soon, but all I can think of that is remotely timely and important is the situation in Iraq. All signs that I’ve seen today point to a show of force in Iraq within twenty-four hours — troop movements, looming deadlines, and the almost ceremonial opening of the sealed bio-suit packages issued to each soldier.
Among the potential horrors, it doesn’t help that Psycho II is on TBS, eclipsing my mind of pleasant thoughts, the urge to watch likened to the proverbial moth to flame.
Oh, what sweetly disturbed dreams I’ll likely have tonight — Saddam in a dress, pushing an old Buick into a quagmire, menacingly brandishing a roll of duct tape…