Going to remain on hiatus despite recent LJ reconciliations, because it does seem to free up my writing a bit not to worry about readers, and I’d prefer to be in that mode when I write with an audience, but it will take some time to get used to writing in a non-self-conscious manner again.

In the meantime, enjoy (ok, bad choice of verbs) these links, which I learned of watching the Washington Journal show on C-SPAN:
Iraq Body Count – focuses on Iraqi civilians killed
Iraq Coalition Casualty Count – listed U.S. military dead, but also #s wounded and contractor casualties, the latter two the military does not report on