California is on fire again. Its been an ugly week and beyond the haze mixture of smoke and smog, I hear (and read) its getting uglier. Cathleen found some rare ears of corn for us to eat last night. I drove out this morning into rush-hour traffic and cut work early to avoid it on the way home. We try to continue doing it our way here in California, and beyond the enormous guilt and unease, I gotta say I'm enjoying this life.

America is the vampire of myth that can't be stopped with the regular slug of firepower. This devouring machine needs something special to slow it. I don't know which element it'll be that brings it to its knees. I must say that whole Mayan 2012 thing is shaping up nicely.