From the inky shadows steps a crazy man

The other day, I noted that Andy Martin continued his perfect record of electoral train-wrecks. Much to the delight of connoisseurs of political craziness, another of Illinois' favorite nuts is still active.

I speak of Tony Lopez-Cisneros, who never fails to remind that he ran for Congress in 2002 against Luis Gutierrez (and lost in a landslide). (Tony's grasp of the intertubes is not strong, as he continues to link to his campaign site, one that is long dead.)

Anyway, Tony shows up at Dave Weigel's Washington Independent blog, defending Scott Lee Cohen, the recently departed LtGov nominee.

It turns out that he's been active as well at various birther sites as well over the last couple of years. What a surprise.

Snuffles McSnufflington

The shroud of depression has lifted, as I hoped, only to be replaced by a sudden cold. A typical cold for me starts with a sore throat, then moves on to a couple days' worth of nose-blowing. This one followed the usual path, but in about one-third the time. Very strange.

Our new robot overlords

This is hugely disappointing - with a name like Litter Robot, I was expecting it to follow the cat around while shooting lasers from its eyes.

Still, I suppose it's better than trying to teach him to use a litter scoop.

a big black cloud hanging over me

Sometimes, it just happens. No warning, no triggering event. Seemingly out of nowhere, a shroud descends, and the world becomes gray. In this instance, it happened while I was on the train home the other night.

By now, I know that the shroud will eventually lift; it may be a matter of hours, or it may be days instead. Occasionally, light pokes through, like when “Search and Destroy” came up on my iPod, or when I saw the Puppet Bike yesterday for the first time. Despite these moments of brightness, the shroud is still with me this morning.

blowing the dust off

We had an election here in IL yesterday. The one promising candidate, David Hoffman, did not win. What a surprise.

Meanwhile, crazed birther Andy Martin declared victory with less than 5% of the vote in the GOP Senate primary. I love Andy Martin.