Heir to the President?
[from the White House Flickr feed] I love this pic. *** On a separate note, here’s an interesting article in the Economist, about heightened creativity in those who have lived or are living abroad.
Happy Earth Day!
It’s Earth Day! Check out this Wired article by J.J. Abrams (of Felicity, Alias, Lost, Cloverfield and the new Star Trek movie) on the magic of mystery.
Checking off this weekend
Play softball: check. My first proper exercise in five weeks! And I went 6-8 in our pickup games and got a little sunburned to boot. Oh, how I’ve missed the glorious ache of well-used muscles. Get homework done: check. Wrote a journal entry and a book review, and read about 250 pages on Bonhoeffer, including …
Tax Day
I love Jon Stewart. “Taxed Enough Already.” Protesting high taxes and government’s wasteful spending. Okay, part two first: as Jon Stewart notes, protesting wasteful spending by buying lots and lots and lots of tea bags—and I may be going out on a limb here, but I doubt they’re going to use those afterwards—doesn’t spell anything …
Maundy Thursday post-op
Today I had my three week post-op appointment with my surgeon; the next time I see him will be in a month. Everything’s pretty much going according to schedule (or perhaps even ahead); I’m on soft foods for another month, since my jaw is held together by three screws on each side (not one as …