i'd just like to point out

that nobody is shooting at me.

that no babies died because i had to go to 7 places and stand in 23 lines and get called ma'am 96 times.

that i am part of a two-car family and enjoy a mortifyingly luxurious standard of living relative to the other 6.4 billion people on this planet.

that i am a southerner, and know full well that what does not kill us, makes fer a good story.

that the late summer evening light in northern california is unspeakably beautiful.

i do enjoy a good kvetch, however.