My attitude toward Hillary Clinton came under criticism. The suggestion was put forth that I was subscribing to the double standard that an assertive man is to be admired, but an assertive woman is just a bitch. Not so!

I was not calling her assertiveness bitchy. I was calling her childish and bullyish behavior bitchy. If Hillary's and Barack's behaviors had been swapped vice-versa, I'd have been calling Obama a dick and praising Mr. Clinton.

I hold no double standard regarding women. It's Dark Haired Girl's strength, independence, and assertiveness that leaves me in such awe.

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We had an ice storm yesterday and last night. How could I resist...

The trees in the photo above usually stand straight up, I call them "the Dr. Seuss trees." The following photos of wires are from a sound sculpture here in town that I drove by on an errand this morning.