The blogging will continue until morale improves

That's the motto of Owen, whose blog was the first I read and soon became the first I read on a regular basis.

I'll maintain the blogging. Thanks to the four of you who've encouraged me to keep it up. Hopefully there are a few others out there who will benefit as well.

I finally looked up my representatives in public office where I live. Not good.

My state representative is Nora Slawik. She's a DFLer. (For you Wisconsinites, the DFL is the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party in Minnesota. It formed when the three parties merged years ago and they still haven't changed it to just plain old Democrat.)

My state senator is Charles W. Wiger. He's a DFLer.

My US Congresswoman is Betty McCollum. She's a DFLer.

One of my US Senators is Mark Dayton. He's a Democrat. (I'm not sure why he's a Democrat and McCollum is a DFLer. Whatever.)

The other US Senator is Norm Coleman. He's a Republican. He's a moderate - a converted Democrat and the former mayor of St. Paul - but I've liked what little I've seen of him. I certainly don't agree with him on everything, but he's better than any of the others.

Now, if I lived just half a mile down the road, I'd have a Republican State Representative, State Senator, and US Congressman.

Not that being a Republican inherently makes you better, but I feel like somehow we'd be off to a better start.

*Sigh.*

Looks like I've got my work cut out for me.