Great night in the Valley of Lucas up in San Rafael. All it takes is one person to make a night go from craptacular to splediferous. First bunch of people were either a) extremely not interested, or b) actively anti-ACLU. But then I knocked on another enormous door and the nice gentleman that opened it not only joined as a monthly contributor, but also upped my request by $30 a month! He's in for $50 every month, and that completely rocked my world. He had protested the Vietnam War in his youth and he was very happy to join up with the ACLU tonight.

Weather was absolutely off the hook. Hot and breezy, which is a wonderful combination, followed by a gusty eve that gave way to a spectacular moonrise over the hills in the distance.

There were two people that I talked to who responded in ways I had never heard before.

The first one said that he used to be like me, but that he was getting old and he had lost faith in the political process. Instead, he told me, he was focusing on his Inner Journey. We had a nice conversation, though, and he suggested I pick up All and Everything. And I just might do that.

The guy at the very next house simply said, "I'm done with the system. Done with it." I tried to talk about the ACLU again, but before I could even speak he just repeated himself. "I'm done with it!" And then my demeanor changed. I wished him a good night, and then he transformed as well, leaving the dour rage he was expressing behind to become smiley and cordial as I left.

It was also early in the evening when I spoke to an older man that had nothing but disgust for the ACLU. I quickly realized there was no chance of winning him over, so instead I just told him how much I liked his sundial. After that he was very nice and I learned that he had to reset the position of the numbers to reflect daylight savings. Pretty cool.

There's also important/insane stuff to talk about with Ws and Darth Cheney's refusal to comply with a Congressional subpoena, but that's rage inducing, and I gotta sleep at some point. More on that tomorrow and this weekend.