Three quick hits.

Three short opinions:

1. Crash was boring and undeserving of Best Picture. That is all I have to say about the Oscars.

2. PIERRE, S.D. - Gov. Mike Rounds signed legislation Monday that would ban most abortions in South Dakota, a law he acknowledged would be tied up in court for years while the state challenges the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion. The bill would make it a crime for doctors to perform an abortion unless the procedure was necessary to save the woman's life. It would make no exception for cases of rape or incest. Planned Parenthood, which operates the state's only abortion clinic, in Sioux Falls, immediately pledged to challenge the measure. The challenge could either be in court or by petition signatures to refer the measure to a statewide ballot in which voters would be asked to repeal the abortion ban. "We fully intend to challenge this law," said Kate Looby, state director of Planned Parenthood. "It's just a question of how."

   Good luck with that. Roe v Wade is getting chipped away bit by bit, starting now. I'm moving to Canada at my earliest convenience, because once one freedom goes down, the rest fall that much easier...

3. Writer's Block does not exist. The only thing that blocks you from writing is yourself. I might expound upon this in the future (jeez, how many times have I said THAT in this blog?). But as it stands, if you feel like you don't have anything to write about, or can't think of anything to write, WRITE ANYWAY. Because it's when you stop writing, that you truly ARE blocked. Writing can only be accomplished by actually doing it. I've been writing constantly the past week; not all of it has been blog-(or even public-) worthy, but I've been doing it, so as not to let my hands become "cold", so to speak. JUST WRITE. The rest will take care of itself.