CONCEPT
COMMENTS
– Any number of friends and adversaries posted insightful, well-reasons entries on a range of subject. I wanted to respond to a majority of these, but yesterday was so hectic in the end, I didn’t respond to any. I’ll try to hit on at least one today.
– If you’re day is resigned to Solitaire, and you’re looking for something worthwhile to read, check these out:
· Christian proved that all issues can be resolved by
the Power of Rock.
· Cory tackles his home state of Kansas from a liberal point of view, while Michael explores a casualty in Iraq from a conservative perspective.
· Damien comments first on communion, then on discrimination against gays vs. Catholics.
· Dean drives Hunter Thompson together with politics.
· Tom frames a careful argument
counter to wedge issues in principle.
· Ziad continues to comment on his life in Lebanon, still struggling to keep politics out of his discussion.
As you can see, there’s a lot to keep up on.
– Yesterday, I took a nap, then made a souffle for Jessica and Sam. We had a nice evening, including a conversation on all the drama in the Flint Schools… hopefully, more on this soon.
– I’m tired.
– Chicago has the cold, but doesn’t have the snow. This is definitely a March that has roared in, and evidently we can expect more of the same in upcoming weeks.
– March is a better month than February this round for stargazing. Take advantage of the clear, bright skies and cold to see some things even through Chicago and Flint haze. From Adler:
MERCURY: “Look low in the western sky after sunset. If you see a bright star-like object, it’s probably Mercury. On the 11th it sits just to the right of a faint sliver of a waxing crescent Moon. By the 19th, it’s too close to the Sun to be readily visible.”
COUNTRY OF THE DAY
Dominica (Parliamentary Democracy in the Commonwealth).
WORD OF THE DAY
Sociable.
NEWS OF THE DAY
New York Times: Court Takes Another Step in Reshaping Capital Punishment
PICTURE OF THE DAY
Long road from Death Row. Suburban Chicago Newspapers.
QUESTION OF THE DAY
When was the last time you got dejàvu?