War! Hunh! Good God, what is it good for?

Ummm, is anybody else getting a little nervous about what's going on with Israel in the Middle East? How they're now bombing Lebanon because they say the Palestinians are attacking them from there? And the Palestinians in Gaza have no water or power and are running out of food because their militants are kidnapping Israeli soldiers? I hate to overreact, but I'm starting to wonder if now would be the time to pack up my sparklies and head to my compound in the upper peninsula of Michigan. Cause this whole Middle East area is sounding like there's a whole lot of war going on even though nobody wants to actually call it that. You can call it "unrest" all you want, but that's a war, people. "Unrest" is what you feel when you're stuck inside on a rainy day with a cat that has explosive diarrhea...that's not exactly the same as getting hit in the head with a ballistic missile when you're on your balcony drinking your morning coffee. I'm going to cross my fingers and hope that diplomacy and reason prevail, but if you don't hear from me for a couple days, I'm in a tent in northern Ohio with a month's worth of Sudoku puzzles, is all I'm saying.