A Moment of Inner Peace...

Tashi Dele!

As Gail "The Voice of Reason" Collins points out in this op-ed, the tenor of the campaign for those of us who place fossils and people in different rock strata has become rather strained of late.

The NYT, with no apparent sense of irony, also includes this piece on spa getaways, and has prompted me to query our loyal readers, most of whom I assume receive regular massages at their respective country clubs, on several points:

1. Have you ever had one of those massages where someone walks on your back? Is it nice, or the sort of thing more associated with Mistakes I've Made Channeling Hemingway in Pamplona?

2. What's up with those little rocks they put on your spine?

3. All the problems with massage addressed in that one Seinfeld episode about massages- how do you avoid that stuff?

4. If Obama really is still holding a commanding lead in electoral votes, then what the heck have we been shouting about since Palinzilla strode into the American consciousness in Minnesota?

Anyone not notably relaxed by these thoughts can also go here, BuddhaNet, and listen to some soothing chanted sutras.

Have a most enlightened morning, good readers!