and energy. and patience. and, uh, stuff like that.
-- the whole thing with daschle bothers me. it's weird. i mean, i think it was the "right" result, in a nontrivial sense. i just don't like the way it happened, which makes it hard for me to feel right about it. i guess.
-- in a broader but related note, i was thinking earlier about bright lines, and ambiguity, and measurement (or the difficulty-bordering-on-impossibility thereof). basic stuff, but with far-reaching implications (in law, for instance, or education).
-- i am so fucking in love with
neuroanthropology (blog), i can't even tell you guys. go read it. NOW. (thank you, turkishb!) there are so many posts on there i want to respond to i don't know where to begin.
okay there's probably more but that will suffice for now.