Egg-sell-ent!

Couldn't resist. Sorry. I'm a bad person.

Called one of the local markets where I'd dropped some eggs off, and they wanted 'em. So I toted eight dozen brown and green eggs down there. The pay isn't much, but the market folks were mighty impressed and expect they'll be able to sell them very quickly to tourists.

Not much other news to report. Working like a banshee on the day job. Still waiting for word on the MRI and x-rays. Starting to think about spring activities already (!) but I suspect another four or five months of winter is upon us. It's been below zero (with wind chill) twice already, which means a tough time ahead. Generally doesn't get below zero until well into January.

Outrage du jour. Watch where you point that Nikon, civilian:

US military says evidence against AP photographer

to be presented to Iraqi judiciary on Dec. 9

BAGHDAD (AP) -- The U.S. military has set Dec. 9 as the date on which it will submit evidence against an Associated Press photographer to the Iraqi judiciary system, an American official said Thursday.

The move would be the first legal step in initiating formal charges against photographer Bilal Hussein, who was seized in Ramadi on April 12, 2006. Hussein, 36, has been imprisoned without charge ever since.

Navy Capt. Brian J. Bill informed AP counsel Paul Gardephe of the December date in an e-mail Thursday.

A public affairs officer had notified the AP last week that the military intended to submit a written complaint against Hussein as early as Nov. 29. There was no explanation for the change in the date.

Under Iraqi law, an investigating judge will receive and review the evidence. The judge, whose role corresponds roughly to a grand jury, has the power to either dismiss the case or recommend it be referred to a three-judge panel for trial.

Throughout the more than 19 months of his captivity, the U.S. military has refused to specify what charges it might pursue against Hussein, who was part of the AP's Pulitzer Prize-winning photo team in 2005.