Folded thought of the day: Carving my way through the night. Picking up traces and following clues. Talking with anybody I can corner... Dispelling myths about the evils of the empire. Looking over my shoulder. Laughing it all off. I'm a rock skipping down the road. We're dividing our time between the smoke and the mirrors. Did you notice how they rallied behind that battle cry? Makes you wonder who's minding the store. Who's asleep at the switch?.. maybe that's part of the gig. Good work if you can get it. The coliseum is filling up. And, as usual, I am running late. Had to go out of my way to avoid the clever, tactical pursuits of the neighborhood bully. Good thing I reserved a ringside seat. They wanted me close to the action. Wonder why? And that crowd's sure looking restless. They've got hungry eyes. But the concession stand's been boarded up for years. Some sort of condemning that went down during the Peace Movement. And now they're getting wait service in their box seats. Why fight it? Just who's sacrificing who around here?