New documents have surfaced about Bush’s non-service during Vietnam, and the Bushies are crying foul. Me, I’m calling seafood: something here smells fishy to me.

I wonder if the Bushies themselves are behind this latest round of “discoveries,” trying to keep the focus on Vietnam and thus on Kerry’s service, trying to keep him stuck in the bullshit Swift Boat quicksand he seems to have finally let go of and stopped letting them lead on. Kerry’s trying to focus on actual current day issues now, so what do you know — now more information is coming out to return the focus to Vietnam, where Kerry can’t get any traction.

It’s not Osama Time yet, but they probably hope this’ll do to distract the electorate for another couple of weeks.

Uh oh. Work is making traveling noises. My boss asked me this morning if I “feel like going to Cincinnati next week.” Uh… No? I already did Ohio — Akron, in fact. I didn’t like it.

But on the other hand, it’s another $250 in per diem if I go, and it sounds like if I don’t go then my close personal friend and co-worker Gavin will have to go and he’s already going to Gallup, NM the week after so Cincinnati followed by Gallup is adding insult to injury but that’s his problem not mine and does anyone ever really want to go to Cincinatti and I really don’t want to but I also don’t want to have to drive the 65 miles each way to the office next week and I wouldn’t have to if I was in Cincinnati but the only problem is that I’d be in Cincinnati and I already promised Zoe I was finished with traveling and…

Deep breath.

…I don’t like breaking promises to her but it is another $250 like I said and I’m getting laid off at the end of the month so every penny counts but if they need someone to go to Cincinnati then things must be going really wrong there and if so that’s a hellhole I really don’t want to be in so maybe I should just say no and stay home and stick Gavin with it and just look out for Number One?

I can’t call it. So I told my boss that I’d have to reschedule some appointments I have next week but that I can go if she really needs me to, but I think I made it clear that I should be considered a last resort. And now I’m crossing my fingers that I don’t get The Call.

Hey, guess who has six more ABCDEF_mail (Fill in the spam-fighting blank. Hint: It’s a “G”) accounts to give away?

I know all three of my regular readers already have one (and you probably got it from my wife), but if any of you folks dropping in from the Big e-Mattress or Meat of the Matter to see who the dumb liberal with the big mouth is want one, let me know.

All you have to do is promise to vote Kerry in November.

(Ha, just kidding!)

(Maybe.)