When my alarm went off this morning, Powell was giving a press conference saying that the government was going to give up on obtaining a U.N. resolution santioning use of force in Iraq. I don't ususally go into politics here, but two things Powell said struck me. He said "the window of diplomacy is almost over," and a few minutes later, he said something along the lines of "the only way to avoid war is for Saddam and his cohorts to get out of Iraq." That's not diplomacy. That's issuing an ultimatum, and one that Powell cannot expect Saddam possibly to respond to. Why doesn't he just go ahead and declare war?

And St. Patrick's Day, arrgh. I think I'm going to haul off and hit the next person I see with a "Kiss Me, I'm Irish" pin. You know, I have lots of stereotypes to reinforce anyway. That reminds me of something funny. I was at a Borders on the north side and they had an Irish history theme. Only all of the books were about myth and tourism, not history at all. What's up with that?

Bio final this afternoon. It's so beautiful right now. I just want to go take a nap in the sunshine.