Directory of Lost Causes

I haven't been sleeping well recently. Perhaps it's jetlag. I think there might be other factors. Not sure I've ever had jetlag this bad for this long.

I'm very tired, but also very restless, and can't get comfortable. I think it's partly the knowledge that the world really is coming to some momentous changes. It's a bit scary, but I hope the changes will ultimately prove to be good. I'm well aware how many times optimism has failed in the past, but it seems like maybe we've got nothing to lose in trying to make things better this time.

I'd hate anyone to think that anything I said mattered (except in relation to me), as that would be embarrassing. But I don't suppose anyone thinks anything I say matters, anyway, so I'm probably embarrassing myself again by stating the obvious.

Earlier today I was listening to an interview on the radio with someone in Uganda. I realise that's a bit vague, but I didn't hear the whole programme. Anyway, the interviewer was saying, "What should the LRA do?" And the guy said, "They should come home." And the interviewer asked, "Should they be punished?" "No." "Even though they killed your relatives?" "Yes. They shouldn't be punished." "Why?" "Because if they are punished then the war will never end."

In light of that, I feel like everything I write is basically comedy.