do I have a political side?

Hi! I've pretty much gotten away with being a-political for my entire life. My thought is that all the issues are multi-faceted, and each perspective has valid concerns and points of view. I abhor conflict--especially protracted, unresolvable conflict--and the political arena is all protracted, unresolvable conflict.

I would never presume to overly simplify the issues, and I always feel like I can never know enough about all the facets to take a strong position and be vocal about it. It doesn't help that I'm not interested enough to take more time to learn...I do feel that there is no party that I can identify with. Though, I do read enough to vote--locally, state-wide and nationally.

So--now that I'm moving to Washington, D.C.--can I get away with being Switzerland? Hmmm. Dunno. I don't know if that's gonna fly.

I do have strong feelings for a couple of issues--and at this point, Dave is probably the only one who's seen how passionate I am about my issues. Lint Recycling anyone? My friend Chris made a logo and website for me once to promote Lint Recycling. I got some emails from people who were very interested. If I was super deluxe, I would start a yarn making enterprise from people's DRYER lint (not belly button lint). Can you bleach and color lint? I haven't pursued it very strongly. I think it's hilarious and it makes me laugh.

What about Socks without Friends? Everyone has experienced this, and yet no one discusses it on a national forum. I have an idea for a socks match-making website. It takes one sock without a friend as an initial contribution to join the service. People can write stories about their sock, and negotiate with eachother about who wins the pair. Or, perhaps they could have joint custody.

I have lots of others--and my forgetful-hormone-addeled mind is not helping me here. I will write about the others later.

Still having mini fire-drills. Still walking dogs 800,000 miles a day. Getting more excited about my new life...and more terrified about labor pain.

More soon! We miss you! Email us at schleiferkin@gmail.com.