DIARY
– NOW THEN –
I’m back!
Look for updated blog images/background by tomorrow.
Look for a number of other updates to Here Is No Why by Friday.
Expect a major expansion/reconfiguration of the site for my thesis project by mid- to late-September.
– THESIS UPDATE –
There have been many developments on the basis of the work I’ve done in the last week, which I’ll get into later.
However, I do think I’ve settled upon a name: Hungry Rats.
The story is divided into three parts:
Hungry Rats and Fat Rats
Hungry Rats at the Devil’s Ranch
Hungry Rats, Adrift on the Mainstream
– WEATHER (AND POLITICS) –
It appears that we may have a big tropical storm on hand. Ernesto may or may not be a Hurrican when it makes landfall in the U.S., and the area of impact has essentially been narrowed to Florida generally. It’s too soon to tell, of course, but during a year that predicted exceptionally high hurrican activity, the main story of this summer’s weather is likely to be the heat waves.
It’s been one year now since Hurricane Katrina made landfall in Louisiana. The next six days will be one year anniversaries of New orleans residents stranded without food and water. Fatalities to date include over 1,836. If the number of missing (who’ve been “missing,” mind you, for a year now) are added, the figure rises to 2,541. That is, the death toll from Katrina approaches that of 9/11, yet what broad changes have we seen in U.S. policy as a result? When do we beging the War on Dangerous Weather?
Furthermore, my mind is called to the 180,000 – 200,000 killed in the South Asian tsunami of 2004, and the ten million who die of starvation and malnutrition each year around the world.
Our priorities are all mixed up.
But, the weather. The rain is going away from the midwest and northeast. The northwest is cooling down.
– TIGERS –
I haven’t been following this week, although I heard we lost pretty badly to the Rangers, Bush’s shitty team, which is a shame. We’re still five games ahead in the Central Division, and the competition is from the Twins and not the White Sox, which is nice for a change.
Tomorrow, Jess and I are going to see the Tigers at Yankee Stadium. I will be wearing my ballcap!
– AUGUST – Is the month of Vacation.
– HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Lot’s of writers: Goethe, le Fanu, Tolstoy. Shania Twain. Belatedly, Jen K.
– NEWS OF THE WEEK –
It takes too long to compile.
Find it out here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_2006.
– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
Did you know anyone involved in Hurricane Katrina? What have they been doing since?
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