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Remember the saying about being careful for what you wish for, because you may get it? It's been raining for 24 hours now. The grass is mostly green and perky, the garden is saying "thank you, thank you!" This morning I had fresh tomato, fresh green pepper, and fresh Jalapeno, all from the garden, in my gross eggs. Outstanding! There was hardly room for the eggs!

I reduced my pain pills from 20 mg to 10 again. Dr W said to try it and go back if needed. I do feel pretty good now, a week after the iv chemo and a day after the last of the oral chemo. I've got very little discomfort- only a twinge in the left lung now and then. Pain pills (Oxycontin) are a strong narcotic and I don't want to take any more of that than needed.

Gustav is really looking bad for New Orleans. Of course, things could change, but the prediction right now is aiming right at N.O.

I downloaded IE8 beta yesterday. Pretty nice, better colors, faster loading of web pages. It did crash once, but you expect that with a beta. The Google toolbar won't work yet- not yet compatible.

I did watch Obama's speech last night. It was an OK political speech, kinda thin on specifics, as they tend to be. The only specific I caught is to eliminate our dependence on mid-east oil in 10 years. Nothing on global warming- hey, Barack, talk to Al Gore!

The word on CNN this morning is that McCain will pick Sarah Pallin, the governor of Alaska, to be the VP nominee. She seems to be a real conservative; right to life, strong 2nd Amendment supporter, etc. She likes hunting and fishing; maybe she won't shoot a member of her hunting party, like Cheney did. One trusts she understands economics and can run a computer. The real thing she brings is executive experience in running a state. And lots of symbolism in being a woman, especially as Barack didn't pick Hillary. Of course, Sarah doesn't come with Bill, a real advantage. That would be two westerners on the ticket, not much balance if that means anything. We'll see what develops.