Serendipity

Shopping Day in Nunam Iqua, Alaska.

A wonderful explanation of what it takes for a person living in a small town in Alaska, away from what we are used to in the 'lower 48 [or 49]', deals with to run to the store...although 'run to the store' isn't quite accurate, obviously.  This post is from January 2009 but I'm sure life in small town Alaska hasn't changed much since then.  

Worth reading.  Mudflats

The Longest Bill Ever, and How We Can Change That.

Republican lawmakers are whining up a storm about the length of the proposed health care bill. You’ll recall that Senator Orrin Hatch from Utah bloviated that HR3962 was “longer than War & Peace.”

Not so.  War and Peace has about 560,000 words and the Senate Health Care Bill has a mere 314,900, so there.  Granted the bill is longer than any other since 1999. The second longest one (authored by Alaska’s Republican Congressman Don Young) was the awkwardly named “Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users 2005″ (Presumably the name of the bill was tortured until it gave up a lame acronym. SAFE-TEA? Ugh.) Young’s bill boasts only 68 fewer words. Can we please have SOMEbody go through that bill and remove 69 words? 

via www.themudflats.net