Political prisoners

[from The Seattle Times's Politics & Government column]

"What's lost by embracing a tyrant who puts his people in prison because of their political beliefs?" Bush said in reference to Castro. "What's lost is it will send the wrong message. It will send a discouraging message to those who wonder whether America will continue to work for the freedom of prisoners."

So it's the fault of the Cubans that those poor 'political prisoners' are being held in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp?

That bracing sea air

It's common practice in humid areas (especially seaside areas) to put something in the salt shaker that will simultaneously act as a dessicant and not be dispensed (i.e. be to big to fit through the holes). This is often rice or (in funkier places) pasta.

But isn't this just a tad too much rice? How much salt could possibly be in this thing?

Blog fail

So Blogger had a few hiccups with image uploads from late Thursday onwards.

How meta-ironic...