Chaenomeles Burning and Strange Destinies

Uncannily, unseasonably warm for the last several days -- it was 62 in Seattle today, the same as Tampa. It got up to 69 in Port Angeles, apparently the warmest day ever in Washington in January. The crimson, yellow-stamened flowering quince at the mall is blooming like there's no tomorrow (which indeed there may not be if we get another cold snap). Gorgeous, but it made me thirsty for spring, and we've still got nearly three months of (alleged) winter.

What goes better with an open sunroof than turning up old beloved songs on the radio? It seemed to be the day for DJs to google what became of all these guys. Peter Garrett, the former lead singer of "Midnight Oil" (Blue Sky Mine, Beds Are Burning) is now an Australian Labour MP. Well, I guess that makes a certain amount of sense. But try this on for size: John Leydon (aka Johnny Rotten of Sex Pistols infamy) has most recently been hosting 1/2 hour programs about bugs for the Discovery Channel. There must be some ironic moral here, but it's escaping me.