Miserable rain all last night.

Kept me up, that and the wind. And my shoes are still soaked, I ought to put them in the oven on warm instead of over the radiator, it's ridiculous. Whine, whine, whine. At least my clothing dried out, I got drenched just picking up Eva!

I happened to find an old Sweet Valley Twins book in her room the other day and picked it up to breeze through it. I never realized as a child how uncomfortably... well, pornographic the obligatory first chapter description is! Maybe that word is a bit strong, but still. The children's section of the bookstore has changed so much since I was a kid. It used to be utterly dominated by long running series, shelf after shelf of them, but now... not so much. The nieces don't know how lucky they are.

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Nearly half of all Americans, more than 147 million; live in U.S. counties where ozone or particle pollution levels make the air unhealthy to breathe.

http://bit.ly/1kmicuQ

Advocates: New York City Municipal ID Card Would Benefit Many

http://cbsloc.al/PTCGmg

Hawaii state Sen. Sam Slom speaks at a rally in Honolulu against legislation that would legalize same-sex marriage in the state, although he supports civil unions. He is the only Republican out of 25 members of the Senate.

As the lone Republican in Hawaii's Senate, Sam Slom is undaunted despite being hopelessly outnumbered.

http://lat.ms/1rIH7wp

For more states, execution means improvisation as drug supplies dwindle

With the recent botched execution, hadn't the convict in question unsuccessfully appealed on the grounds that he had a right to know what drugs they would use? Something like that?

http://wapo.st/R6Fcqb

New certification tells you which restaurants give extra food to those in need

http://bit.ly/1iMPhU4

The meteoric, costly and unprecedented rise of incarceration in America

http://wapo.st/1iMQxqx

Kids arrested in immigration protest at U.S. Capitol

http://usat.ly/1mgXLll

Ana's kindle has come in the mail!

Thanks again! PM me, lemme know if I'm paying it back or forwards :)

So, I've transferred over a whole bunch of books. I've obtained the free Ever After High stories. I bought one or two other books.

Now...

Do I hand it over right away? Or do I wait? (You know I hate waiting.)