oil and the dollar

Interesting that Opec is discussing the low value of the US dollar. I imagine our market would collapse if they stop trading oil in dollars. Many people believe that taking over Iraq was a ploy to stop this change from happening, since Saddam was threatening to do just that. In other words, the war was not about regime change, but about protecting our economy from a total collapse.

They day Opec announces they are switching to the Euro, the dollar will plummet. Fortunately for us, this very fact is stopping them from doing so, since they'd get stuck with a lot of dollars.

not functioning within normal parameters

I've been going downhill for the last week or so, but the charge finally ran out completely. I feel really brain-dead. No memory or concentration. Exhausted, and I didn't do anything. Cyn wanted help on the next step of her mandolin, and I don't feel up to it. I don't want to risk it. None of the items on my to-do list are ones I really want to try right now either.

Except the leaves. I had planned on raking leaves tonight. On saturday afternoon, the forecast said there would be a slight chance of light rain around 1 AM this morning. We had fog and drizzle all day, and now it's raining. I took the day off work last tuesday. The only day last week without wind was friday, and I had totally forgotten I needed to watch for a time to burn them. And it rained before I thought to put a tarp over them. Now we've got rain through friday. I sure hope I'm not stuck with them like I was last year. I really want a garden next year.