Saturday December 21, 2013  Mnstf at Scott and Irene Raun's.  (And celebration of Scott's birthday.)

Average age of attendees was lower than usual, thanks to two of Irene's grandchildren.

On hosts' bookshelves:  Virginia Frankel, What Your House Tells About You (1972.)  The details are outdated, not to mention condescending attitudes toward gays and lesbians; but worth reading.  (The author was an interior decorator -- a profession stereotypicaly attractive to gay men, at least in the US.)

Which prompted me to confirm my guess that one attendee had grown up in the country.  (Clue:  tendency to save things which Might Be Useful Someday.)

Sunday December 22, 2013  Late Saturday night thoughts:  Assume government does everything badly.  The logical way to fight crime is to turn it over to the government.  Statist incompetence won't abolish crime; but will ensure that socialized murder (for example) is almost always unsuccessful.

And a story attacked me.