This morning as I was leaving the house, my laptop bag got caught on a gun that was leaning against the kitchen door and knocked it down. As I was fumbling to pick it up, I stepped on a small garden snake that was slithering through the garage.

I know exactly what you’re thinking, and I know, okay, I know! I’ve been ignoring all of the less obvious signs but this morning it was just too clear to discount, even for me. I mean, what's it going to take, here? This shit's undeniably out of control. We seriously need to get on the ball and just establish our colonial independence from Britain, already. Damn.

¶ posted by Erin on Wednesday, August 02, 2006