After the doldrums of winter of 07 it seems that summer is here finally, on Mama's Day. And now people are complaining about How Hot It Is! I like this kind of weather.
In my last blog, relating things that have happened in the last month or so, I did not mention the Virginia Tech massacre. My only contribution to accounts of that tragedy is that it has a number of angles similar to the U of Iowa massacre in 1991(which took place during an ice storm). An unbalanced graduate student from China(his academic status is murky) went crazy and killed most of the members of the astrophysics dept, and at least one secretary, and left a Filipino girl paralyzed. Everyone who know Gang Liu thought he was nuts and hated him, but he was allowed to get through the very advanced program till he did his crime. He killed himself.
Several American soldiers are supposedly being held prisoner by Alquaeda in Iraq after the Qs blew up a convoy which killed several soldiers. That's what I have heard so far about that situation.
The hurricane building up in the Atlantic has fizzled out.
Lord Chesterfield wrote an interesting letter to his son in June, 1751 in which he details the correct way to speak to a King. I haven't read whether W's protocol crew are familiar with Chesterfield's letters.
I have managed to get through the weekend without a lot of TV watching (including Fox News) so I have few comments on boobtube stuff, except that Mike Wallace made a doop of himself trying to interview Mitt Romney and probing the Romneys' sex life and Mormon convictions.
This post is starting to ramble, as it is now 2 a.m. and I have to go to work in a few hours. So, I am going to send this posting out in cyberspace as it is. You all take care, and I hope to have more postings as time passes by. Di di mau!
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