God, I hope nobody jumps in to one of these 3 or 4 threads, yelling "hey dudes, more songs, less talk!" It's the songs that have allowed us to have these (mostly) civilized dialogues. When the initial shock wears off (and it will) we will become less emotional and spend a bit more time on music.

In this morning's paper there is a large picture of a kid in a trench coat looking (emphasise the word looking) cool and sitting next to him is his concerned looking mother. The story is that the school (in Nova Scotia) asked him to remove the trench coat (I guess to some, a total knee jerk over-reaction). Naturally, he refused. And naturally his mother has called in a lawyer to protect his rights. That'll show the school. How I wish that his mom had said to him "take that damn coat off for a couple of weeks. people are really sensitive right now!" But that wouldn't have made the news.

I wish I could revert back to my usual laissez-faire and somewhat detached approach to situations that I have little control over, but at this very moment I can't. It will pass.