I’ve been a day late and a dollar short all week.

It started Monday when I missed my Mom’s birthday and now I’ve missed my grandson’s birthday.

If the trend keeps up, I’ll have to take a pregnancy test because I don’t recall ever being this late before.

Maybe it’s that male menopause I hear folks talking about.

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Hosni Mubarak’s 32 year rule is over. It’s actually the end of a much longer autocratic government in Egypt that goes back to Gamal Abdul Nassar, who nationalistically played Russia vs. U.S. cold war games back in the 50s and 60s, using the Suez as leverage.

Considering that the death toll was about 100, I’m relieved because my fears were that a wholesale armed civil war/revolution would break out with many thousands dead. I don’t mean to trivialize the deaths that did take place, but I also want to recognize the dangers of many thousands in the streets in close proximity to army tanks.

I hope the Tea Party’s congressional zeal for foreign aid cuts don’t foreclose the possibility of the U.S. making a commitment to underwriting some humanitarian and infrastructure aid to match its military aid to Egypt so that we can rehabilitate our Arab image. Egypt has the most Arabs of any country (most Muslims = Indonesia).

The implications for Israel are too complex to consider (by me) at this point.

My congratulations to the Egyptian people. Hooray! for democratic rule worldwide.

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Watched some great movies this week, thanks to finding a treasure trove at Half Price Books: Sling Blade, Rosemary’s Baby, Trainspotting, Thin Red Line, Way of the Gun. That last film includes one of my most favorite pieces of movie trivia, to wit: the comedienne Sarah Silverman, who I adore, has a screen credit in the film as “Raving Bitch”. That cracks me up.