We watched a little bit of the Capital Gang. They are still talking about the Wellstone memorial as an important thing in the political landscape. Why are people still talking about this? This is a classic malignant meme that folks keep discussing in lieu of the many important things we could discuss. What horseshit this whole furor is. Republican staffers organize a riot in Florida during the 2000 recount and America collectively grins and says "Isn't that cute?" People talk up the Democratic party at the memorial of a man who was a staunch Democrat and America is completely outraged. ave) and Psych Out (psychedelic) from September. I also read the first half of Kelley Eskridge's novel Solitaire. After getting to PDX, we were pleased to find out that the light rail goes all the way to the airport. We rode it to within 2 blocks of the hotel, which allowed us to check-in at 11:45 AM. After some lunch at Pizzicato Pizza, we power shopped at Nordstrom's Rack, Ross to get D outfitted for a wedding. After that, we had some tasty mochas at Coffee People. We went to Lloyd Center for some mop-up shopping, and then ate at Red Robin. That was the end of our consumer day, except for a quick run I made to Reading Frenzy, where I bought the graphic novel of Ghost World, a Noam Chomsky book, and an issue of Left of the Dial, an indy music magazine. Basically our agenda was/is to shop at and eat at places we don't have in Atlanta. Powells is still open for several more hours and is only 4 blocks away, but I'm too bushed to go. At this point, I've been up for 18 hours after 4 hours sleep the last three nights. We haven't really made much of an effort to hook up with friends this time, since we didn't really know what we were doing or when. I'll be back in two weeks and will try to be more social then.