Came across a strange pencil at work today, a Skilcraft <1> "Au Natural". The wood is unfinished - no paint, nothing - feels nice in the hand, but a little strange in my mouth, where I frequently park my pencil while working at a keyboard. No, I do not gnaw on them like some - it goes in like a bit, but I fold my lips between the pencil and my teeth. If a pencil has teeth marks I didn't put them there! As a bonus the "Au Natural"s erasure was a pleasant green rather than the common red.

Legs still aching from Saturday's hike, probably made worse by treadmill running the next day - oh well, it's "good pain". We didn't make it all the way up to the ridge, and arrived back at the parking lot with the sun almost setting. The forest was lush, and not many people - some of those on horseback. For dinner we went to Applewood Pizza, a small chain people like here but I don't care for their thick sloppy pizza style.

Made a small donation to a new anti-Drug War organization, the "November Coalition." <2>. I also send the occasional check to the Drug Policy Foundation,

Today I ate nothing but crap - meat, starch and dairy. Only one kiwi in the morning, some cherries and the carrot juice - not even a nana.

Why am I hitting the "Caps Lock" key by mistake, all the time, all of a sudden? It's making me nuts!