My apologies

I apologize for not blogging today.  It was a combination of things.  I got a rush project from DQ, who was blindsided by a really dirty, last-minute attack from opposing counsel; I had my son home all day (no camp plans today); I had martial arts; and it was hot.  In many ways, it’s the last that accounts for the blog silence.  My house is not built for the heat.  I have no A/C and no cross-ventilation.  It gets really stultifying in here and my brain just shuts down.

As for the brain shut down, I’m also feeling a little free of inspiration today.  I’m working on the next in my “marriage” series, this time about religion.  I made the mistake of trying to start with the history of religion, which was stupid.  What matters in America isn’t the history of religion but, instead, the unique separation of church and state.  One needs to start with that and work backwards to the way in which state concerns and religious concerns sometimes intersect — and sometimes don’t.  So, everything I wrote got trashed, and I’m having to start all over again.

As for the other stuff, Obama is being abominable, McCain’s being ineffectual, Iran’s being frightening, Israel’s being stupid — it’s the same thing I’ve been blogging about for months and for years and I don’t know what to add, at least today.

I’ll be back in the blogging saddle tomorrow, I hope, because I’m never really happy if I’m not mouthing off about something here.  It disappoints me greatly when I can’t find anything to say, and I worry that it disappoints you guys too.