Frankly, as I’ve debated the resurrection of Prematurely Grey over the past two months (and don’t think that I’ve been thinking about anything else while upstairs “reading” all those history books I’ve been claiming to be interested in this summer), the don’t do it column kept tipping the scales. Going to the state convention didn’t do it. Going to Netroots Nation? Just made me glad to be in retirement. Brass ring trip to Denver? Well, maybe.

Even when Tech Support Guy offered up this gorgeous redesign, complete with the babelicious avatar, I still couldn’t bring myself to open up the editing window and compose a post. I hope all of you like the newly mod Prematurely Grey 2.0. I sure do. Makes me want to be as pretty as the site. Bought a crisp white shirt just to match the place.

But in the world of superheroes, white shirts are just what we wear under the scarves that transform into capes.

For the past five days, this beautiful site has been sitting unused, waiting patiently for me to suck it up and become just another Self-Loathing Austin Democratic Mommy Blogger with a Major Thing for Shoes. You know, one of those. My superpowers are no longer needed, it seems, in a world now safe for liberals. (OK, maybe it’s still not quite safe for us to drop the whole “progressive” beard. Let’s see what happens on 11/4.)

Just when I thought I could be a normal woman with a normal blog, he’s back.

Tom DeLay is back.

Here’s the headline from the Statesman website (which has now disappeared from the home page):

DeLay might be cleared of charges

Holy shit! Bottom line: Tom DeLay might weasel out of this thing yet because the money that was laundered wasn’t cash–it was checks. Wah? Money laundering of checks used to be OK (until the genius Lege of the nation decided it wasn’t in 2005).

I didn’t see this until this morning. But I opened a newly purchased hairdryer yesterday morning and made a pathetic attempt at blow drying my hair. (The George Washington look was wearing thin…) Yesterday morning I attempted to change my hair. Long time readers will know that this was the reawakening of my Spidey senses.

Tom DeLay, look out. Prematurely Grey is back.