More Dream Analysis--Anything But Nothing Again

In my dream overnight (and I know this will sound silly and trite and all) I was on my way somewhere and met Jerry Seinfeld. And the bizarre part is that he knew who I am without me or anybody else saying anything about me. "Oh yeah! Stephen Bierce. I was wondering when we'd get together." Our conversation was mainly about Walt Disney and denim hats.

I told you it would sound silly and trite.

Has this ever happened to you in your own subconscious mind? Somebody, who you know everybody in your world knows about, but you have no connection to, knowing YOU as if you'd been friends for a while?

Writer's Block: The One Movie Everyone Should See

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The original We're No Angels, with Bogart, Rathbone, Ustinov... It's our favorite holiday movie.

I Know My Brother-In-Law Is Going To Take Issue...

...But I think I should get this off my chest.

I don't necessarily see how "peace" can make things better in Afganistan.

First, I doubt anybody on our side really knows what the Afgans who are against us our fighting for. We know what Al-Qaida is about. We know what the Taliban is about. But we don't know what the populace at large is about. Without that, we can't have a basis for negotiation.

Second, there is nothing positive about the prospect of the Taliban being given international recognition as a legitimate state. That would have to happen for an armistice to be possible. We would doom thousands, if not millions, of people to a fate of existance in a nation where they would not be allowed even basic human rights and civil liberties. Besides, would the Taliban even hold up their end of a bargain made with "infidels"? They've broken truces before.

Third, I'm sure that even if the United States and NATO withdrew all forces on their own, some situation of conflict would continue there. And we'd have to go back in.

I agree that Afganistan as it stands is a no-win situation. But I don't see any alternative that is a no-lose option.