I sat down at my computer a few minutes ago to check my emails.  I had one from my mother.

More below the fold.

Peter Daou posted a diary some weeks back that I thought was highly inappropriate for a paid campaign staffer to post here -- essentially it was a hit piece on Obama.  I'm not a huge fan of Obama or Hillary but I TRed the tip jar because I thought Peter was way out of line.

As a result, Markos yanked my TR and rec privileges.  I'm being punished.

That's how long it's been since the day I brought two ten-week-old kittens home to live with me.  I named them Archy and Mehitabel.

I participated in the Washington State caucuses today.

And it was the last fucking straw.

Follow me over the jump for my rant.

I'm going to re-tell a relatively little-known (at least on this side of the Atlantic) bit of history that I read about back in my college days, and that I was reminded of early this morning when I happened to catch part of a show about it on the History Channel.  It's been stuck in my head all day.

Please note that I'm not going for precise historical accuracy here, so I may get a detail or two wrong.  I beg your indulgence.

If one is to consider how much airing of grievances goes on around here, one could assert that on Daily Kos, every day is Festivus.

Daily Kos:  The Blog For The Rest Of Us [Democrats].

Anyway.

I decided to observe Festivus by doing some airing of my own grievances, and to invite anyone who so desires to jump in and do some airing of their own.

So with no further ado...