Today, two annecdotes about the war...so the whole Iraq thing just doesn't seem so heavy.

1: I was on the train last night and two guys in their 30's were having this conversation:
Guy 1: So, y'know my brother who lives in France?
Guy 2: Yeah.
Guy 1: Well he keeps e-mailing me about the whole war thing, asking if everything over here is okay.
Guy 2: Cause he's like, supporting them, right?
Guy 1: Yeah.
Guy 2: Y'know, it's one thing to be anti-war. It's a completely other thing to be pro-French.
(they both laugh)
Guy 1: Yeah. They've got him right where they want him.
Guy 2: Whose got who right where who wants who?
Guy 1: France has got my brother right where they want him.
Guy 2: In France?
Guy 1: Yeah.
(they both laugh)
Guy 1: They could cut off his wine supply; his cheese supply! They've got him trapped!

Thing number 2:
In the RedEye today there was a list of key development with Iraq including how certain countries will vote, things Colin Powell has to say, new comments from Hans Blix, and lastly, "A top Iraqi official told a Kuwaiti official to "shut up, you monkey" at a meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference aimed at preventing war." Yeah...good luck with that now...after the monkeycomment!