Friday, February 2, 2007

Headline of the Day

Deaf Woman Heard Tornado Before Home Destroyed

Somehow it reminds me of this poem by Lawrence:

I like relativity and quantum theories
because I don't understand them
and they make me feel as if space shifted about like a swan that can't settle,
refusing to sit still and be measured;
and as if the atom were an impulsive thing
always changing its mind.

The headline is much more interesting than the story, and is slightly misleading.


Thursday, February 1, 2007

The Woodstock

Last night on American Idol a contestant and her boyfriend spoke of how they met at "The Woodstock." I laughed, and then my wife pointed out that they had actually said "the bus stop," not "The Woodstock," which somehow made the thing all that much funnier. I was still laughing about it when I woke up this morning.

No idea which of Friedman's policies or non-policies I can counter tomorrow, but today, my fourth of five is this.