yes and no

i got to bed around 4am, but i couldn't sleep. at first i thought i was because of my feet again, so i got up and stretched, drank salt water, and decided that i wasn't sure what my problem was. so i lay back on the couch to think about my paper.

then i got up, made a cup of hot chocolate, and sat down at my pc to hunt for a quote by cicero that i needed for the opening line of my paper.

that's right, i've written a whole line.

while i was hunting that quote, i came across an important one* of his:

six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century:
believing that personal gain is made by crushing others;
worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected;
insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it;
refusing to set aside trivial preferences;
neglecting development and refinement of the mind;
attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.

* i kid, they're all important. that man was incredible.

it must have been about 6.30 before i finally felt ready to sleep.

i slept well.

i woke up languidly, had a hot shower and stepped out into a perfect moment as a cool breeze hit my skin that felt like mid-spring or early fall and not at all like the sensation of being stretched over the lake in hell that has defined this summer so far.

i was feeling really good. but it got hotter so we turned on the airconditioner, and i got more in front of my computer, and i'm now feeling woozy and tired again.

---the climate change denial has been anti-science and very personal.

smart people discuss ideas... stupid people discuss people. the simplest explanation for ad hominem attacks.