Ok, a teey weeny joke in the title there.
Not that we need the Open thread but I wanted to throw out a few things.
First, I am in New York for the next few days, through Wednesday, and wanted to give NYKossacks another chance to stand me up. Can do something Monday. Let me know.
Second, I was driving last night up the Saw Mill Parkway and had my first up close and personal experience with animal vehicular homicide, a deer. How serious is this problem? I know it happens a lot but is this something naturalists concern themselves with a great deal?
Third, I've been thinkng a lot about our "thing" and hope it is a subject we can return to in a constructive fashion. On the plane from San Juan to NY last night I was watching Tweety interviewing Moyers, and Moyers was talking about the need to listen to the people and to what is on their mind. And I noticed Tweety, who is now for the most part nothing but a Beltway fool, start to listen to Moyers and ask interesting questions - i.e - who is the public voice of Labor? Who is the Labor leader we ever see talking about trade? And it made me think of A Gilas Girl and our discussions about Movements vs. Parties, and how all of us need to start listening to each other again, whether we are right or wrong, whether they are right or wrong, because we need to know what is on each other's mind and what ideas and arguments they have. It will make our own thoughts s lot stronger (credit to pyrrho, who I saw doing just that with someone I need to listen to as well.) I am writing a detailed piece on this idea for tomorrow. I hope you folks will read it.
Anyway, not much of an Open Thread presentation. But it remains an Open Thread. A Listening Thread if you will.