Just a quick note to let everyone who hasn't noticed it in my absence know that Faith over at That Is So Queer... posted the 38th edition of Carnival of the Liberals. As one might expect, many of the submissions this time were written in response to the tragic shootings at Virginia Tech. So for once I'm going to eschew my usually flippancy and just encourage everyone to go read these 10 thoughtful posts. Next up is Bora at A Blog Around The Clock on May 23rd.