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[Bill Jones <billj AT harborside.com>]

There's no time for writing.  I'm preparing Indian food for the MG 
potluck.  Here's something no one there has ever had.  The common 
Cotoneaster makes red-orange berries this time of year, and they're very 
edible but bland.  I found a chutney recipe with lots of interesting 
flavorings like saffron and lovage seed, one requiring "mango or quince" 
paste, and it's just the ticket.  Jaffrey's broiled chicken recipe 
doesn't have any seasonings in common with this south Indian chutney, 
except for garlic and ginger of course, so the flavors will really 
contrast.  I'll have enough Cotoneaster Chutney Khasa to can some up.

Meanwhile I've finished the demo for the software to draw the new 
extension office and its landscaping in 3-D.

Rob wrote:

> I've always found Bill to see things in black and white in his 
political writings.

I suppose one can always intone such things, but the facts are that it 
doesn't fit the online discussion.  As I recall, one person wrote 
something like "let's paint some Republicans black by connecting them 
with Free Trade" and I pointed out that things were not always so black 
and white, since both Clinton and Kerry are knee-jerk lackies for Free 
Trade as well.  Then someone else reminded us that black is still black 
and white is still white (Republicans are for big business and Democrats 
are for the little people).  If you examine it, it was only I who held 
any grayish view at all.

If you mean that a politician suddenly goes from being a virgin to a 
whore in my eyes, and once there can never redeem himself, I suppose 
you're right.  It's like that with any sort of liar.  I can always ask, 
"how do I know this sentence isn't also a lie?"  Politicians are a dime 
a dozen, so my attitude is just to get another one.

Bill