That thing there on the right is a pressure crack (or part of one). It is a little nerveracking (I *think* that “nerveracking” is correct) when you are walking across a frozen lake and encounter a pressure crack. Am I on (in?) a subduction zone or not? *Not* to make light of the recent earthquake. Actually I think that’s what made the Uncly Uncle and I think of it.

As you might know by a post earlier this week, we walked across the lake to get breakfast at Little Boots, not drinks at the Pressure Crack Pub. The PCP is a fine establishment featuring karaoke and dancing. And, as the Twinz of Terror will tell you, you’d best not make even accidental eye contact with any of the women there because they will very likely ask you to dance! The Twinz are quite awkward when girlz besides their accomplices show a certain kind of interest. And that is a good thing.

Yes, I am feeling a bit better today. Actually, I was really okay yesterday. Just weary. I think Margaret has it right (yesterday’s comments). We *are* in a lot of caca right now. Everywhere. Maybe that’s why Chico’s thinks that brown is a color? The Great Lake State has been there for years. And problem solver/creative thinker is not *usually* synonymous with politician. I actually think that our newly elected Republican governor *has* problem solving skills (please don’t hit me until you hear me out) He is a businessman who has been involved in efforts to facilitate small businesses here on the Planet Ann Arbor. He is *not* a Christian conservative (or if he is, he doesn’t promote himself as such). I don’t vote for professed Christian conservatives. If I get it right, he had a lot of bi-partisan support during the election. In full disclosure, I was tempted to vote for him. After some deliberation, I voted for the Dem instead.

But. As Pooh said in yesterday’s comments, no way did the people give this guy a mandate to install emergency financial managers to the extent that he seems to want to do this. There was no talk about this during his campaign (of course). Now. Do we sometimes need emergency financial managers? I dunno. Maybe. Our school boards are what they are. I have seen the Planet Ann Arbor school board do what I think are some egregiously stupid things (but that would be a whole ‘nother blahg). This stuff would all be better if we were all paying attention. Attending meetings. Asking questions. Making our elected officials wiggle when they don’t have answers. But we don’t. I don’t. I’m dern taaarred when I get home from work. I don’t know where to go from here, but we all have to start paying more attention, in this case to local governmental boards. So that we can tell them en masse when they are making a horrible decision and maybe avoid the downslide into the clutches of an emergency financial manager.

Good luck to J&D in Lansing tomorrow and I love you too, Isa.

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