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Many thanks to Arthur Valdez of San Antonio Healthcare Now Coalition for the forwarded article. ~K.

Opinion: How long can Texas turn its back on us?
Editorial Board
Austin American-Statesman
1/25/2008

When it comes to health insurance, Texas leads the nation with the highest percentage of people who don’t have coverage. About one in fourTexans - 5.7 million people - lack health insurance. That is a disgrace. Yet, as high as those figures are, and have been for many years, they still haven’t grabbed the full attention of Texas leaders, or the general public for that matter.

Three states have enacted universal health coverage plans for their residents, and a dozen others are considering similar measures. Texas ought to be doing the same. But we have not seen movement or leadership on that front.

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The nightmares are growing in their intensity, causing me to question my very sanity. Tonight’s ‘double bill’ featured fascism as a theme, with two words in a blank journal which when connected with words from another book were a threat to the group think that led to  much angst and stealth, a British friend named Barney my confidant and co-conspirator, another man a fearful ally of sorts. The dreams were tinged with a deep red splotchiness, not at all unlike blood and madness. Each time I woke, I lay in the dark petrified by fear. Mother woke me from the first nightmare, but despite her having played a prominent role in the dream, I could do little more than mutter a few disconnected words, my throat choked with fear, consciousness a distant shore.

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Last night, a search for BBC2’s Earth: The Power Of The Planet yielded this little gem about green building in Bend, Oregon. Quite fascinating, even inspiring, I was disappointed that the segment was ‘blink and you miss it’ brief. So much detail not really covered by the cameraman. This is one time the HGTV production team might have come in handy, though they do tend to give things an unsettling gloss that makes everything feel so bloody packaged and even unreal. Definitely unreal for those of us who have to work for a living and aren’t blessed by a second income or trust fund. This is one thing that neither host or architect addresses in the segment below.

If we’re to have sustainable homes with more of an emphasis on natural light and an open air feeling throughout, it would seem they’d be more affordable to those of a more privileged economic bracket. That’s the crux of the problem. This type of dwelling needs to be available on a wider scale if it’s to be of any effect. One niggle: I disagree with the lack of garden as stated by the architect. In that particular case it makes sense, as the Pacific Northwest is one of the greenest places in the country. However, that’s not always the case, and often to ill effect.

We work in massive concrete slabs that bear little connection to nature. Then there is the time isolated in ones vehicle in transit to and from work. Finally, there is the conventional American crackerbox house/McMansion which has large expanses of wall with very few windows, and then ill situated at that. I believe all of this serves to further disconnect us from the natural world, which is necessary to peace of mind and soul, in my view. I’d like to see a scheme for sustainable green building that takes this into account.

What do you think?

I feel weak, having spent nearly the whole of the day sprawled across my loveseat with Ken Burns’ documentary The War on a seemingly endless loop. This, and I took no promethazine last night. I thought of food, of eating breakfast, lunch, anything as the hours drifted past and the level of natural light in the room faded, the receding sunlight drawing ever nearer to my balcony door, until finally it was as if it’s presence had been a fleeting dream, such as those one has in the throes of a high fever.

Eventually I confessed my weakness and fatigue to Mother, who scolded me for not having rung to let her know of my state earlier. Food. I was hungry, but nothing came to mind, as if the cupboards were bare. I couldn’t hold my thoughts for very long. My concentration wasn’t much better. Made my way to the kitchen and tentatively prepared avocado tacos. It seemed an age in the offing. I’ve felt like this quite often of late. Thankfully, I didn’t appear as wan as yesterday when I had to leave work for a hastily scheduled appointment with one of my doctors. Yes, I’ve more than one. I was fine at the start of day, quite pleased to see my workmates and friends. In less than two hours time I felt myself sinking, pulled sideways, about to come crashing down to the floor. The sensation grew so strong that sitting provided neither comfort or relief.

I remember a bit of dialogue from Once & Again, spoken by the young girl Jessie, about how the simplest things, the most unexpected, can change your life. I’d not go that far, however, the time spent with my Doctor proved nothing less than inspirational. He left me with a sense of hope I’ve not been accustomed to in so very long a time.

I try not to berate myself for not being stronger than this weakness that claims me. If only it were limited to that, but it is not.

I’m doing something here I didn’t quite intend when I returned to blogging quite recently, after my dissolution of an emotionally abusive relationship, which would, I feared, soon  take physical form. He didn’t wish me to write, for fear something about us would slip in that may prove scandalous to those who in this day and age even bother to care what their neighbours think. That, and nothing ought get back to his family. I complied with his request, to my chagrin, but with this post I am asserting my voice again, to hell with what anyone thinks. Life isn’t long enough to fret over such things.

I’d no intention of writing about my personal life, however, as I’m involved with the push for Universal Healthcare, I felt telling my own story somewhat important as I am one of those Michael Moore and Dennis Kucinich have spoken of: the under insured. Mind, I have insurance through my employer. Sadly, it only goes so far.

I’m exhausted and hungry again. The Gods must have heard my prayers, as the wren I so adore has graced me with his presence. Illness can leave one feeling isolated, utterly alone. Tonight respite has been provided from that.

Time to rest my weary head.

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Courtesy The Indypendent

Kucinich on HR 1955

December 2, 2007

By Jessica Lee, The Indypendent

Democratic presidential hopeful Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) said that he believes the proposed Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act (H.R. 1955/S. 1959) is unconstitutional.

Speaking to a crowd of supporters in New York City Nov. 29, Kucinich took several questions from the audience, including my question on why he voted against the bill. Kucinich was one of only six representatives to oppose the bill, which passed the House 404-6 on Oct. 23.

“If you understand what his bill does, it really sets the stage for further criminalization of protest,” Kucinich said. “This is the way our democracy little, by little, by little, is being stripped away from us. This bill, I believe, is a clear violation of the first amendment.”

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Courtesy The Indypendent

Bringing the War on Terrorism Home: Congress Considers How to ‘Disrupt’ Radical Movements in the United States

By Jessica Lee

Under the guise of a bill that calls for the study of “homegrown terrorism,” Congress is apparently trying to broaden the definition of terrorism to encompass both First Amendment political activity and traditional forms of protest such as nonviolent civil disobedience, according to civil liberties advocates, scholars and historians.

The proposed law, The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 (H.R. 1955), was passed by the House of Representative in a 404-6 vote Oct. 23. (The Senate is currently considering a companion bill, S. 1959.) The act would establish a “National Commission on the prevention of violent radicalization and ideologically based violence” and a university-based “Center for Excellence” to “examine and report upon the facts and causes of violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism and ideologically based violence in the United States” in order to develop policy for “prevention, disruption and mitigation.”

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Thomas Jefferson once said, “Every generation needs a new revolution”
Now is our time!

Saturday November 10th is SPAM THE SENATE day for Texas. On this day, we will unite and let our voices be heard by sending emails to Texas Senator John Cornyn…a senator who is pro-war and anti-environment. Cornyn does not share our views and it is time for us to DEMAND change…
Go to Cornyn’s website to send him an email…it will only take a minute of your time.
Please feel free to copy and paste the following message:

“Dear Senator Cornyn,
I do not support a war for oil, I do not support damaging the environment, and I will not support you in the 2008 election. I demand change!”

We also ask that you forward this message to ALL of your friends. This is very critical in making sure we reach as many people as possible.
We will be celebrating Spam The Senate Day on November 10, 2007 between 7 pm and 2 am at the Ruta Maya Coffeehouse, 107 E. Martin St, San Antonio, TX.
The show will feature 17 bands, dj’s, and more all for free and open to ALL AGES!

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I’ll admit that I don’t know much about Noriega. What he stands for, his affiliations are a bit of a mystery to me. That said, it’s very important to support a Democrat in the race to oust the notoriously callous John Cornyn from office. Yes, this is the same Cornyn Cadaver that voted against sCHIP insurance for all children.

As usual the neo-con/preservatives care only about unborn children as far as they can be used as pawns to manipulate a sometimes well meaning and uninformed Republican base. They don’t give a bloody damn about children once borne into this world, as demonstrated by the so-called Presidential veto of sCHIP. Thus, Cornyn must go. Can he be deported, I wonder? In that light, I’ve decided to gamble on Noriega. Yes, it’s that vital and that close a race with ‘come hunt with me’ DICK Cheney and George Bush coming to Texas to raise money for Senate Republicans. People are forking out $1,000 per plate at a local Republican fundraiser. This is easily money that could have gone toward initiatives to help the needy, uninsured children and expectant mothers, the homeless, or investment in green technologies. Those words would however be lost on this self appointed Cabal who only seek to further the class divide and war at home begun by Bush, Cheney, Rice, et al.

Turn off your TV. Get informed. Don’t listen to the propaganda. We can change the world. Here’s how we start. Remember: “think globally, act locally.”

I’ve been devouring everything I can on this subject, and I’m surprised that the basic theorem still seems to elude most Americans, including the main stream media, though it would, on second thought, not be in their interest to acknowledge the very real things Naomi Klein documents, which would effectively rewrite the last thirty to forty years of American history. It’s time this happened. We as American citizens need to look deep within ourselves and make the realisation that we’re better than our government. We can no longer support-and silence is a passive form of support-the class war fostered here at home by neocons using neoliberalism, nor can we through so-called free trade continue to support muderous regimes in Central America, the widespread pollution and contamination of the local ecosystems and it’s resultant damage to the health of indigenous peoples. We must wake up, and be willing to see this madness for what it is, and only then can we slay the two-headed hydra and reform our government, the very ways we live and even think. This is more crucial than anyone might imagine. Our comfort is someone elses birth defect, shanty town, and yes, slaughter. Is it worth it to have tropical fruits year-round if the ultimate cost is in human lives? Yes, the Shock Doctrine has been and is playing out here in the US, but it’s even worse for our brothers and sisters in Central America or anywhere we’ve established heinous free trade agreements with. Look at the banana in your hand. That DVD remote. Your polo shirt. You really didn’t pay anything for them. It’s time our brethren stopped carrying us on their backs.

Help Answer Neo Con’s Smear Attack on Kucinich

Dear Joie Ankney,

Nearly two weeks ago, I went to the Middle East on a peace mission, accompanied by my wife Elizabeth. Today I am being attacked as a traitor and vilified for reaching out to people of the region, hearing their concerns and discussing those concerns openly in public forums. My campaign is in need of immediate financial assistance to respond to a right wing hate machine that went into over-drive on the 6th anniversary of 9/11, using my visit to Syria and Lebanon as red meat for their attack dogs. Please go to www.dennis4president.com now to contribute.

Elizabeth and I went to the region to determine the level of interest that exists for peace. As the person who led Democrats five years ago in opposition to the war against Iraq, I went to determine the impact of the war on Syria, which shares a border with Iraq and has taken in over 1.5 million Iraqi refugees. I went to learn what the issues are that separate Syria from hopes for peace with Israel. I went to see for myself the impact of border security issues. I went to learn how the U.S. is viewed by ordinary people. I made my self available to media to discuss my own views as to how the U.S. can take a more constructive role in the region and lead the way to peace.

As the author of legislation HR1234, a plan to end the Iraq war, I went to determine whether anyone in the international community believed the war could end soon and how Iraq can be made more stable. As someone who attended the first Congressional briefing on the Baker Hamilton report, I went to learn if, in fact, Syria was ready to play the constructive role that the report envisioned. I went to learn the degree to which Syria was providing relief for Iraq’s refugees. We met with presidents, political leaders, ordinary citizens and the media to hear their concerns and to share hopes for peace in the Middle East.

As a Congressman, I have a special obligation to determine whether the money that is spent in furtherance of U.S. policy is being spent constructively or destructively, based on lies or on truth. As a Presidential candidate, I must learn first hand whether the opportunity for peace between nations is a pipe dream or a real possibility. I have no authority to enter into negotiations for the U.S., to fashion agreements, to sign treaties, or to establish policy between nations. As President, I will be able to affect these matters more directly.

Reason and peace should not be silenced by fear mongers or the right wing attack machine. But I need your help to answer them now. We must not allow efforts for peace and reconciliation to be continually destroyed by those who want permanent war.

I am asking for your support. I am asking all of my supporters, who have donated in the past, to match their earlier contributions by September 30. If you have not yet given - now is the time. It is essential for our campaign to raise $250,000 to enable us to continue our message of strength through peace. I am asking you to continue standing with me and with our campaign. Together we are making a difference; together we will continue to build the America we all want to see.

Sincerely,

Dennis J Kucinich

Good piece, but she’s wrong about John Edwards having been the first Democrat to come forth with their own scheme for an American version of Universal Healthcare-it was Dennis Kucinich who presented HR-676 The Conyers-Kucinich bill for Universal Healthcare. Unlike Kucinich, the bill has grown with support from over seventy co-sponsors. At the recent Northwest Democrats fundraiser, I spoke with Congressman Ciro Rodriguez, who agreed to add his name to the bill after listening to our plea on behalf of the uninsured. I shall, of course, follow up on this with his office.

Unfortunately, the media no doubt at the behest of their corporate lords and masters, have chosen the ‘frontrunners’ for us, which bodes ill for any kind of progressive lasting change, as these favoured candidates seem more about business as usual at the end of the day, and are in fact already whored out to the managed health industry through campaign contributions. Yes, even Hillary. Where has that been in the national evening news, and why haven’t debate moderators called them on it? Yes, you, George Stephanopoulos.

Dennis Kucinich offers so much hope, but the United States doesn’t want or seem capable of waking to it’s real nightmare long enough to even begin to sort things out. Instead the masses seem content with the latest drivel doled out by the entertainment networks, just another opiate.

Yes, we’ve been betrayed again, by that puppet-boy tainting the White House. Thing is, this has happened so many times and still the workers do not strike, there is no visible uprising. To my fellow citizens I must pose the question: what kind of country and world do you want to live in? The time to take a hand in things grows shorter with each passing day.

Courtesy The Guardian via Information Clearing House
Expensive and divisive: How America is losing patience with a failing system

09/13/07 “The Guardian” — – It’s nearing lunchtime and the few people left on the hard chairs in the clinic waiting room are glancing at the television hanging high on the wall. In his examination room, Dr Jamal Gwathney has seen a two-month-old baby, a young woman with a heart pacemaker and chemical burns brought in after a fight with the police, and patients with asthma and diabetes.

© Guardian News and Media Limited 2007

It was yet another midnight press release for Doctor Who fans in the UK, as confirmation from on high at the BBC came that the series is to be briefly rested and then return in all it’s glory. Ian Levine has been acting like a right pork chop on Outpost Gallifrey with boisterous declarations such as “Wasn’t it I, Ian Levine, who told you?”-which isn’t quite the case. Not for me at any rate.

After the Children In Need concert last year in Cardiff, word of this spread wide, and then died down. Someone I met who is somewhat connected to Upper Boat confirmed it for me last Christmas. It was the plan, according to them, to ‘rest’ the series for a year or so, coming out with the odd special on bank holidays and Christmas. In this way, Doctor Who could continue as the flagship show it had become for the BBC. Even if it ended, I was reminded, we had so much to remember and be grateful for during the two series which had already been transmitted, and the next was yet to come. Glass half full, got it.

In the months since, I’ve heard different versions, mostly panto melodrama from pork pie Ian Levine, but in the end, my source was right. It’s even better than that, actually, as you’ll read in the press release first appearing at the official site, then on bbc.co.uk, and in an offcial press release.

BBC reveals Doctor Who ‘gap year’

David Tennant’s appearance in the fifth series of Doctor Who looks uncertain after it was revealed there will be no new series in 2009.

The fourth series, starring Tennant, is due to hit TV screens next year, but the fifth will not be seen until 2010.

Instead, Tennant, will star in three Doctor Who specials, written by Russell T Davies, on BBC One in 2009.

A spokeswoman for Doctor Who said she was unable to comment whether Tennant would return for the 2010 series.

Tennant, 36, will reportedly play Hamlet with the Royal Shakespeare Company from July to November next year, but this has not been confirmed by the RSC.

‘Best loved’

Series four, which went into production in July, will hit UK screens in spring 2008 with a special episode scheduled for Christmas 2008.

Comedian Catherine Tate is set to return to the Tardis for the complete 13-week run, reprising her role as Donna from the 2006 Christmas special.

Actress Freema Agyeman, who won praise for her portrayal of assistant Martha Jones, is also set to return during series four.

BBC Fiction controller Jane Tranter said: “Doctor Who is one of the BBC’s best loved and most successful dramas.

“Its journey over the past three series has been one of the most ambitious and exciting that we have had, and I’m delighted to be able to confirm not only three exciting specials for 2009, but a fifth series in 2010. ”

Menna Richards, controller of BBC Wales, said: “This announcement is marvellous news for all involved, and more importantly for the programme’s amazing fan base and audience.”

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/entertainment/6976178.stm

From Persistence of Vision, original article here

Some scant forty plus years since the publication of Silent Spring, Rachel Carson’s warnings of vanishing bird populations are seemingly becoming manifest. Having kept two crickets in a cup on my desk until I could release them into the wilds outside the office this evening, thus preventing them from meeting a sad end beneath the sole of a shoe, it saddens me that others aren’t as mindful of the environment, birds, animals, and insects. We’re only atop the food chain because of our own machinations. I often say that I don’t understand humans. Truth is, I often do, and it leaves me with a sense of disgust.

-Kassie

Bird by Bird, The Avian Population is Shrinking

Christian Science Monitor, August 24, 2007BIRD BY BIRD, THE AVIAN POPULATION IS SHRINKING

[Rachel’s introduction: “The study confirms what my grandfather feared and what most of us now know. Birds that I used to see routinely growing up in New England — evening grosbeaks, eastern meadowlarks, northern bobwhites — are in free fall. The losses are mind-boggling.”]

By Nathaniel T. Wheelwright

Brunswick, Maine — Forty-three years ago, when I reached what my grandfather imagined to be the eve of puberty, I was summoned to spend the weekend with him at his house in rural Connecticut.

I knew what to expect because my four older brothers had undergone the same rite of passage. The climax of the weekend would be the ceremonial presentation of a double-barreled shotgun, followed by sober instruction on firearm safety and general manliness. Next, my grandfather would take me on an excursion into the woods and we’d fire off a few rounds.

But when my turn came the ritual had changed. Instead of a gun, I was given a double-barreled pair of binoculars, and then my grandfather took me on my first bird walk.

I was bewildered. But within an hour my disappointment was forgotten, shoved aside by sheer awe at the sight of a redstart hovering in midair, the sound of a wood thrush’s flute music, the swoosh of chimney swifts rushing in formation overhead. Out of the cacophony of the dawn chorus, my grandfather taught me to pick out the rhythm of a dropped ping-pong ball in the field sparrow’s song and the towhee’s exuberant “drink your tea!” By their silhouettes alone I learned to distinguish a phoebe and a kestrel.

That weekend my grandfather lifted the veil to a world that had not existed for me before. I didn’t want our time together to end because I would have to go back to my family’s farm where, to the best of my knowledge, there were no birds.

Of course, back home in the Berkshires of western Massachusetts, I found all the birds I’d been introduced to in Connecticut and many more, ambassadors of every color: electric-blue indigo buntings, blood-red scarlet tanagers, earth-toned veeries. I still remember the first blackburnian warbler I ever saw, his throat and cheeks so vividly orange, his face looked like it might burst into flames.

Spring and summer mornings thereafter, I’d wake up and listen to the birds singing in my backyard. If there was a sound I couldn’t recognize, I’d throw on a shirt and pair of pants, grab my binoculars, and track it down, something I still do today.

In his later years, my grandfather used to grumble that birds were becoming scarcer and scarcer. It was tempting to write off his gloom as the natural tendency of the elderly to romanticize the past, or maybe just an old man’s deteriorating hearing and eyesight. But it was true that the whippoorwill that had kept me awake nights when I visited him as a boy had gone quiet, and the woods and fields of the Northeast felt emptier to me.

Earlier this summer, the National Audubon Society released a definitive study of population trends of North American birds, a monumental effort based on decades of Christmas bird counts and breeding bird surveys. The study confirms what my grandfather feared and what most of us now know. Birds that I used to see routinely growing up in New England — evening grosbeaks, eastern meadowlarks, northern bobwhites — are in free fall. The losses are mind-boggling. Since my grandfather introduced me to birds just half a lifetime ago, once-common species have declined by as much as 80 percent due to the usual suspects: habitat loss, pesticides, introduced species, and climate change. The songs of tens of millions of birds have been silenced. It feels as if the lights are dimming.

In one sense, extinction is hugely overrated. The vast majority of animals and plants that disappear hardly leave a ripple in the pool of life. Species become rare, they disappear, yet ecosystems persist. In some cases biological communities are fundamentally altered because of the missing pieces, but most of the time the ecological effects of extinction of species like Bachman’s warbler or even ivory-billed woodpeckers are hardly measurable.

The true loss is spiritual and aesthetic, not functional or economic. Life would go on if every Shakespeare play and Beethoven sonata were destroyed, but to use the words of the Audubon report, our skies would be “a little quieter and the landscape a little drabber.” Of course, we’ll always have CDs of bird song and DVDs of bird behavior to fall back on — a digital memory, as it were — but will that be enough?

I can see now that my grandfather’s rite of passage was really about connecting us with the land. It was about learning how to become intimate with our world’s signs, smells, sounds, textures and rhythms. It was about knowing where we are and who we are. How wonderful it would be to be able to pass that gift on to my own grandchildren.

** Nathaniel T. Wheelwright studies the behavioral ecology of birds and teaches biology at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.

So went the instruction leaflet on Type 2 Diabetes I was given in Christus Santa Rosa’s Accident & Emergency after I’d nearly gone into a diabetic coma. Take up a hobby. I was at a bit of a loss, until shopping at SuperTarget one evening I came upon Justice League Unlimited action figures, an old love of mine. I collected nearly the entire Justice League, and was even acquiring Clint’s unwanted figures. Then came Doctor Who.

After an absence of almost sixteen years, the BBC saw fit to revive the programme in a new format helmed by Queer As Folk writer Russell T. Davies and starring Christopher Eccleston as wandering TimeLord the Doctor, and Billie Piper as companion Rose Tyler. I was gobsmacked at the news, especially as I’d somewhat recently become a fan of Eccleston’s work. As I queued the premiere episode in the VLC player, I simply had no idea the effect the Doctor and Rose would have on my life. The series themes of self-sacrifice, love, and redemption resonated with me deeply. So much so that when The Parting Of The Ways aired, I was utterly gutted.

Fast forward a few months and what’s this on the Outpost Gallifrey forum? Mention of a Dalek Battlepack and Sonic Screwdriver. Then there was the remote controlled (RC) 12″ Dalek. I read each new announcement with baited breath. The Stamp Centre had both Doctor and Rose battlepacks. Harrods was selling Daleks! Marks & Spencer even got in on the act. Eventually, thanks to a fellow I became acquainted with on the forum- Hiya Martin!- I had my very own RC Dalek. The original Play-doh haired Rose followed suit, courtesy the kind Dave of Who Blackpool. Tesco had the Doctor and RC K-9 for £9.99. I messaged Martin, who very kindly directed me to WhoNA, a shop I’d only heard of briefly on the forums. International postage was a nightmare and getting worse. If I could buy closer to home it would be for the best.

The day that my first WhoNA shipment arrived, I remember thinking that the toys couldn’t all fit in the somewhat squat box, but fit they did, as I was soon to learn. I must have waited a few days before opening the box, and when I did and one by one extracted the figures and Tardis Moneybank, it was Christmas and I was once more a child. When I beheld the Tardis Moneybox I quite literally felt like the Douglas Gresham character in Shadowlands- a young boy who is a fan of the Narnia books and comes upon a wardrobe in C.S. Lewis’ attic- I felt it was a thing of magic. I daren’t even open it. I touched it so gingerly. Matter of fact, to this day it’s never been opened.

The series one toys were a tremendous hit in England and abroad, which boded well for the line. As of this writing series three has completed transmission and we’re well into it’s charcaters, with the release of the David Tennant Doctor in blue suit and glasses, his new companion Martha Jones, the Carrionite witch Lilith, and galactic lawmen, The Judoon.

Mission accomplished. I did find a hobby of sorts, and how fitting that it’s wed to one of my oldest and deepest loves, Doctor Who.

Just a peek at a little bit of magic.