O For a Muse of Fire....

Avedon Carol explains why The Sideshow has tilted more to lists of links than to essays lately:

It's partly a result of the fact that I'm a bit overwhelmed by all the news. I mean, the whole torture-Negroponte-etc. business just leaves me speechless. What can you possibly say once these things are even on the table? "Torture? I'm against it. Why do you ask?"

Every single day, every time I am starting to write something in my head about the first administration outrage I heard about today, I hear about another one, and then another one, and then I feel like I'm drowning and can't seem to focus. That makes it really easy to just link to whatever Digby or Atrios or whoever had to say about things, instead. This situation may continue until I get my breath back, but in the meantime, I do want to call those good links to your attention.

(Of course, Avedon says this in a meaty, thought-provoking post. There's a mixed message here, something Arnold Mindell would call a double signal.)

For almost thirty years I've thought that Avedon's writing, when inspired by the fire of her anger, has a fierce beauty that is a joy to read. I'm willing to wait a while for her muse to flare up again. In the meanwhile, her "link farm" will still be the first thing I look at when I hit the Internet in the morning.

And, Avedon, you can write something pithy about the Bra of the Week, and everyone in blogtopia (y!sctp!) will know what you think about John Negroponte.