(Nothing But) Flowers

You’re not alone. Check out: PostSecret

It makes me happy.

P.S.: I normally wouldn’t change a post after posting it– but I realize this “makes me happy” makes me seem a bit wicked, given the sadder posts on PostSecret. When I first checked the site and made this post, it only had some darkly humorous posts– not those that are down-right sad. In any case– its worth checking out! (P.S. added August 14, 2006)

As if the revelation that phone companies have violated our rights by handing over phone record to the Pentagon isn’t infuriating enough, this info comes out from the Chronicle of Higher Education that campus activists e-mails about anti-war protests were being monitored too:

Pentagon Surveillance of Student Groups as Security Threats Extended to Monitoring E-Mail, Reports Show