Holy moley

I recently posted a link to a Times article about wholesale manipulation of military "experts" for the purposes of selling the Iraq war to us.

Commenter S. wrote:

You're not alone in that point. I used to be able to have polite conversations about politics. My husband is home from his second tour in Iraq; he could be stop-lossed or called out of inactive for a third. I can't even be in the same room as anyone who would vote Republican. It's way too personal.

Whoa. As though dealing with a spouse's repeated deployments weren't enough, S. is also a graduate student in the sciences, and to top it all off is fighting an intestinal war that trumps even Crystal's.

All's I can say is, next time you readers catch me whingeing about the two-body problem or some such, tell me to stfu asap. S., I'm in awe of you. Good luck.