No particular attitude today. I haven't had the leisure to develop one this week, so a handful of random links.

From a local news site:

"The right lane of westbound I-70 near Siverthorne[sic] is closed due to a sinkhole measuring six feet wide by four feet deep. Crews are working to assess the damage and make repairs."

That's not Colorado's first sinkhole in recent years. "Aging infrastructure" is right. It's not just aging, it's all crumbling to dust.

As is our democracy.

US to tighten visa restrictions Which is bad enough, but if you don't need a visa to come to the USofA, you have to "register" only now they want you to do it in advance, instead of upon arrival, so they can put you in their database of potential terrorists check you out before you get here.

But that's not the best of it. The best part is, the disclosure request:

A Homeland Security spokesman said the new registrations would require the same information as the I-94 card, which is currently filled out by visitors to the US and turned in to customs on arrival in the country.

That information includes passport number, country of residence, and any involvement in terror activities.

Wasn't there something about not requiring people to self-incriminate in that Constitution thingy we used to have?

But, now that I think about it, we sort of decided that "all men are created equal" wasn't to be taken too seriously, didn't we?

More a greeting-card democracy than an actual gift.

Egypt uncovers 'missing' pyramid of a pharaoh So cool.

Best writing/grammar site I've found in ages: DailyWritingTips. Work checking out for this verb post alone.