Yesterday, Sunday, my friend ToolBoy (aka) Scamp left us. He died in the arms of his big brother, purring. Yesterday morning he did not really wake up and this morning his body left home and his things were either given away or put away. No words can express what ActualityCat feels. I have lost a little brother. He was my friend and my companion. He was his big brother's companion - there, interested in all the 'doings'. His curiosity and love will be missed.

I just heard today that a woman I know had 'sex' with an ex boyfriend without protection. When she found out that he had been dating another woman she flew into a rage, saying "I hate him". When will we learn that it is up to each individual rather than say the 'other' person should have taken precautions.

This has been a hard day. Not least because it is a very political day.
Despite what anyone might be saying, I feel that all the coverage is primary to help the Republican Party in the November elections. Rhetoric does not save lives or provide funding for flood control. As someone said to me yesterday; " Bush is as much a war president as Neville Chamberlain could have ended up being a WWII prime Minister". I will be glad for this day to have passed.

This is a picture of my friend at work. We are, in the company of many friends, starting an existential travelog. Who knows where we will go and what we will think about what we see.