One Small Brown Rat and the World Beyond

I'm in my last week of break. I shouldn't feel this sleep-deprived until *next* week! I've been getting up in the night to hand-feed Wilfred the rat. Somehow this always happens on my holidays, which is good in a way, I suppose.

Btw, I am actually noticing current affairs, such as somebody in Arizona going gun-crazy and eastern Australia being underwater and big retailers getting annoyed that I and others are buying things online. It's just that my focus is extremely narrowed down right now to Wilf and his health problems.

The Arizona thing messes with my head. I thought I'd read something in one of Laurell K. Hamilton's books (before they degenerated into porn) about this gun law, but I'd misremembered. The quote I had in mind was about New Mexico's gun laws, which are apparently the opposite of Arizona's. To quote:

New Mexico lets you carry as long as it's not concealed. Concealed carry without a permit is illegal.

What is this thing with guns? I've seen Michael Moore's film on the subject - is that Stupid White Men? - and I remember hoping he was exaggerating. Don't think so now.