Is it really a big deal to keep a MySpace?

Sheesh. It's not like you have to do anything to keep it going, right?

I am very nonplussed that the city I currently live in is now known nationwide and probably internationally as well as the first city to place restrictions on the showing of An Inconvenient Truth in schools.

It's not because there's any credible scientific alternative theories on global warming or what causes it. It's not because there is any demonstrated harm to come from buying more fuel-efficient cars, recycling, alternative fuels, mass transit, or increased walking.

No, it's because the Hardison family and a majority of the School Board hate Al Gore, believe in creationism, and are defensive when it comes to admission of complicity on the national level (the movie picks on America unfairly, says Mrs. Hardison, which isn't exactly true, if you've seen it.)

Anyway, the School Board is requiring teachers to present credible alternate viewpoints if they show the movie. The problem is, there *are* no credible alternate viewpoints that belong in public school science classes. They certainly didn't come up with one when they passed the rule.

We need to get this fixed, and then we need to get rid of these people. If Kansas could do it, so can we.

I'm currently tucking into a mason jar of Laht Neppur Scotch Ale. Yes, mason jar. On a trip to Walla Walla for Thanksgiving with Raven's family, her family took us to Dayton, WA, a quaint little fifth-rate tourist trap. On the way back, we stopped at a quaint little microbrewery in Waitsburg, WA. This place has a handful of brews, but no bottles. No, if you want their beer to go, you have four choices: mason jar, 2-liter jug, gallon party jug, or keg.

So I bought a mason of their fruit-wheat beer Kolsch and their dark Scotch Ale. They get a fresh jar from the cooler, fill it from the tap, screw on the lid, and seal it with a strip of masking tape with the beer's name on it.

The packaging lacks a certain asthetic (or perhaps it adds one), but the beer is good. Pity, it can't easily be gotten without making the trek to Middle Of Nowhere, Southeastern Wa.

Through various searches I've found quite a number of people on MySpace that I haven't spoken to in YEARS.... What I can't decide, is, would it be weird to just out of the blue friend them? Or do I msg them first with an awkward "Hi, uh, heh, long time, eh? Um, kewl to find you online, hey, can I friend you? OK l8r..."

Or, I could just not do either.