Day 11 without any alcohol. Doing fine, considering I have had neither time nor cause to think about it. Workouts have actually been fun this time around, which is weird, considering how very, very much I hate exercise.

Then there are days like today, when I have two stories due for the Bar Association newspaper, and all I seem to be doing is staring, blankly, at the screen, occasionally letting out a random laugh about absolutely nothing. So far today I have read an article on the Scissor Sisters on Wikipedia, perused the free papers they give out around here – including our local shit rag – and taken about four walks around campus just to clear my head – of what, I’m not sure.

I have taken my iPod with me on each of these constitutionals, as I’ve been spinning Neil Young’s new album, Living With War. It’s frigging blowing my mind. This man is a patriot on a new level of patriotism. The whole album comes off like this glorious celebration. I feel like I am at church when I listen to it, as the songs – with titles like "Let’s Impeach the President" and "The Restless Consumer" – hit me where I live. They are songs in the praise of fairness, and justice, and speaking out against evil. They’re hymns for the times we live in.

So then I come back in here and write profiles about the new additions to our faculty, which I find I am more than ready to do, now. And then I get stuck again, and go for another walk, and have another celebration. When I came back in this last time, I got stuck and began web browsing. I got curious what old King George was up to, so I went to fire up the White House’s website.

Instead, I typed: www.shitehouse.gov

Now I feel I can finish the articles. 

There will be a new music page up after Labor Day, so keep an eye out for that. In the meantime, grab Neil’s record and give it a spin. Seriously.