Split Rails and Republicans.

8-30-07 VERMONT: We went to Farmway early, got split rails and were home by mid-morning. I forgot how heavy a new rail is and how awkward it is to handle, but, nevertheless, got four new ones inserted with the help of the cordless saber saw. The hot wire on the fence adds a degree of difficulty. Then on to the chainsaw and cutting up more downed wood. Almost done. I limit myself to one tank of gas per session to avoid carelessness caused by fatigue.

Today was hot and muggy, and both jobs left me drenched. Tonight we had another storm. The previous one featured wind and this one thunder and lightning, both were short on precip. I foresee watering in my future.

Judy’s foot is much improved, and I have given up trying to keep her off it. The tetanus toxoid I was going to use expired two years ago, just a hair too old.

Someone should do a book on the secret sex lives of Republicans and fundamentalists. It could run to several volumes. And that Mitt Romney dude, I remember his father, another dumb George W. He ran AMC, American Motors, into the ground. He came back from Vietnam and said he had been brainwashed. I thought, by definition, that would have been and impossible job. His presidential campaign went nowhere. The son proves something about inheritance of stupidity even if evolution doesn’t exist anymore. And all his sons, serving their country by working for dad, what’s the over-under on their total IQ? Brainwashing, or maybe dry cleaning, might explain how he forgot all the positions on the issues that he held while governor of Massachusetts. He is handsome, hmm—perhaps too handsome, and he is a Republican, check him out blogosphere. I would suggest a motto for his campaign, “Romney—so much less than meets the eye.”

New blooms: bottle gentian.

Bottle Gentian. This used to be used for fabric dye.