Taking Action

While emailing my "beloved" mayor this morning -- *cough*CORRUPTION*cough* -- excuse me, anyway, when emailing my mayor this morning about something she should take action on (one-page PDF), I noticed just how odd her photo is on the city website. Here we see the mayor as part of the site's masthead...with an expression as if she can't believe she got elected despite several investigations into some questionable activities she may or may not have been involved in. Seriously - look at that smile. If that's not the "I'm so totally up to something I probably shouldn't be" expression, I don't know what it is.

But maybe I'd reading too much into that. Maybe the photographer just caught her getting away with farting during a City Council meeting, or sneaking a bite of her assistant's Three Musketeers bar without getting caught - who knows?

Making Fun of Something Terrible
One of the papers in DC this morning had a huge headline on the front page: "Anthrax mailer driven by rage."

Seeing that made me wonder what else someone would be driven by if they're set on killing people. I suppose it could be "suspicion" or "depression," but those are related to rage. Then I started thinking of the unusual things that could drive an anthrax killer.

"Anthrax mailer driven by hilarity"
"Anthrax mailer driven by Miss Daisy"
"Anthrax mailer driven by incredible focus and a commitment to excellence"
"Anthrax mailer driven by love of rabbits"
"Anthrax mailer driven by urge to cuddle"

Where am I going, and why am I in this handbasket?