The Right to Arm Bears, and Other Stuff

I just love Rachel Maddow (MSNBC). I just learned from her that the new credit card protection bill takes affect today. You now have more protections from ruthless credit card companies. That's good, but it does still require you to be informed, you know, like actually reading your bill. But attached to that bill, signed last spring, was an amendment allowing visitors to our national parks to carry loaded firearms within park boundaries. Do park rangers get to be armed? I don't know, but I'm thinking we could literally have another shoot out at the OK Corral. Amazing. What a country! I have been missing Rachel during the Olympics, since we usually record her show to watch later, and instead watch the local and national NBC news. But I'm feeling much less informed, what with the lack of depth on those news shows. So today we just had dinner with Rachel, and watched her live. Am I allowed to say I'm growing a bit weary of the Olympics? Oh, I like most of the competition, but it's so hard to stay awake through all of the commercials and chats and a bit of this and a bit of that, all of which is really over anyway here on the left coast. Grrr. We've had a week of remarkably sunny, mild weather. I have been out for an exercise walk almost every day. Back in the house, I'm getting my physical therapy exercises done, I'm almost finished with Irene's Easter/birthday dress, and I'm halfway through Dan Brown's latest thriller. I manage to squeeze in some blogging time most days. The magazines are piling up unread. There aren't enough hours in the day!