Centerfield

Splashing Water on Kinky

A couple of Sunday ago, I splashed some water on Kinky Friedman, local author, salsa magnate, and prospective Texas gubernatorial candidate, as he was in a conversation over dim sum with a couple of political advisers.

I somehow doubt he reads the Centerfield blog, but the others might, so if you're reading this, and you're the other one I splashed, sorry.

The Profesora is thinking of staying out of the primary so as to be eligible for signing Kinky's petition of eligibility to run for governor. I think she feels guilty over having been ineligible to sign Nader's petition last year after voting in the Democratic primary. Meanwhile, I'm thinking of going the other way primary-wise, breaking a long chain of voting as a Democrat specifically to have the opportunity of voting against Perry an additional time.

I've decided I need another blog-break. Like the last one, it's already de facto - I haven't posted anything but comments in a couple of weeks. Several posts are stacked up pending the intellectual energy to finish them. So I'll relieve you of putting up with my pontifications for at least another month. I have the horrors of ending up like bloggers who started as thoughtful centrists and ended paranoid and ... well, less thoughful. Plus, I blog because it's fun, and if I don't take it easy every once in awhile, then it won't be fun any more.