Phew! The siding is a project I have been putting off on my house. I want to tear all the vinyl siding down, and the old metal siding underneath of that, and then the weatherboard under that, and insulate the walls from the outside, and then re-sheathe the house and put the vinyl siding back up. But I have no idea how to work with that stuff, like all of the edging and corners and stuff, hehe.

Even as hermits, I think it's important to take part in the political process, though. I mean, even if we just want the government to leave us alone as long as we're not hurting anyone else, I think we have to participate in the political process such that our voice is heard that we want to be left alone, you know?

Or something. I dunno, lol. Maybe there's no hope of the common person making a difference (vs the special interests and control-freaks) in the political process in the US anymore, anyway. But I'd feel like I was remiss in my civic duty if I didn't at least try, yanno?