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I did something yesterday that I haven't done in a long time, I gave up on a project. I flat out threw my hands into the air and said, "Oh to hell with this." I'm feeling guilty and disappointed in myself, but on a pragmatic level I know very well that trying to force a creative endeavor is a VERY BAD IDEA. This is why I don't do fests, challenges and exchanges for the most part. I just can't rely upon the muse to put out, so to speak, on demand. She's a finicky vixen given to huffy tantrums where she storms off for weeks at a time. And I really just don't have the time or energy to wine and dine her right now.

Fortunately I don't invest a lot of ego points into writing. I've never considered myself a writer, just a dabbler who occasionally strings together a few pleasing words. Now I am an editor, and I do put a lot of stock in that. I suppose some would argue that those who can write, those who can't edit, but I can live with that.

On the plus side it's given me more time to put my house in order and putter in the garden. After yesterday's wind storm I needed it, you wouldn't believe the mess. Also I'm being invaded by very fertile snails. Snail babies everywhere. I feel a little bad about ending their lives so early, but only a little. Hey they invaded me, not the other way around. They shall learn that crossing my border leads to an untimely demise. Oh yes, this does indeed mean war.

If only hypocrisy smelled like flowers...

This post by TBogg is a must read, he eviscerates Michelle Malkin's latest spewing wherein she equates herself to a "lion" and Cindy Sheehan and Sally Fields to a "lamb". It's both infuriating and heartbreaking. My favorite commenter replies thusly:

For all of Michelle's boasting of being a lion mother, hers is nothing but posturing and false bravado.

There is nothing brave about firing a pistol at a poster of Osama bin Laden on the anniversary of 9/11 or wearing a t-shirt that reads "I Will Not Submit" in the safe confines of her Maryland suburban community.

What Michelle Malkin does not get is that dealing with the problem of jihadist terrorism requires nuanced responses. Bombing people in Iraq or Afghanistan might satisfy one's need for revenge for 9/11 or prejudice against Muslims, but it does nothing to solve the problem we face. [ed. note: indeed it has made the problem worse by several orders of magnitude]

This war will ultimately not be won by the United States military but by an emerging moderate Muslim majority that accepts tolerance and pluralism. In order to do that, we must reach out to them and show them that they have a stake in living in peaceful coexistence with us. And this is something that the Michelle Malkins of the world just seem incapable of understanding.

Tommykey