Oy-- Anybody out there have a spare raison d'etre? I could certainly use one.

I've been looking for a suitable job for a long time, but need to get things out of neutral. Any ideas on how to jumpstart things? (other than a fork in the outlet?)

*toast*

I did have a good time meeting people at the last Blogger meetup-- I'll be sending all of you an e-mail with the info y'all put down on the napkin. But here's a list of links that I've got for others' enjoyment.

Glome.org and Argmax.com were submitted for our consideration by Trevor Hill.

Our friend from the World Bank, Vikram, can be reached here.

Tony, aka Quasipundit, comes from the great state of California.

Tim, the lawyer originally from Worcester (did I spell that right, Tim?) can be found at Answerguy-- though don't miss "Jukebox from Hell," linkable from his page.

And, of course, there's little old me (Justin) from the middle of the Mojave Desert in California. I have some strange habit of putting my random thoughts and observations on this theater of the absurd at Hradcany.

There are surely others, but those are only the people I have on this napkin-- drop me a comment if I missed you.
And please-- if you know of some better archive setup for this blog-- let me know!! So far, it's led to my slighting an extremely friendly and virtuous bibliophile (for which I am deeply sorry) and lost (I think) a good portion of my archived posts.

And for a topical reference: I've been extremely surprised lately how chummy W and others in the Cabinet/administration have gotten with Sudan, the country where Osama bin Laden lived for several years between the Embassy bombings in Dar and Nairobi. Read Ahmed Rashid's book, The Taliban to realize that it's more than just that......

From yesterday's (052203) Post:

Powell, Sudanese Official Confer on War on Terrorism

Secretary of State Colin L. Powell met with Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail and discussed ways that Sudan could be removed from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.

With the exception of Syrian officials, it has been extremely rare for secretaries of state to meet with top diplomats from countries on the terrorism list. But the Bush administration has been pleased with steps Sudan has taken in the war on terrorism and in efforts to end a war with rebels.

-- Eh-- Whoever said that things should make sense?