Day of the Beast!

And how shall we spend this fine day? Sacrificing to appease angry dieties? Naw. Mowing the lawn, slicing down greenery. Aiding neighbors with sick chickens. The latter is serious, no joke: Our dear friend across the street has a chicken which we suspect has a jammed up egg laying function. Freckles has been very ill, and one of her cohorts, Effie, has been attempting to peck the living crap out of her, literally. Chickens will cannibalize one another. We speak of the "pecking order": They enact it mercilessly, pecking a sick chicken and eating it while it's still alive. Well, at least chickens have an excuse, they are quite primitive animals. So perhaps are many humans...
Again we went to our local Drinking Liberally chapter this evening. Lots of political bloggers and local politicians and writers. Met one of our district reps, Ed Murray, an openly gay person, as well as a political writer I've long read and appreciated, Geov Parrish. Really interesting and stimulating to talk to these people and find out what's shaking.
Time to peck a bit at Europe Central.