Summer Romance
Finally the hot weather broke, although I still have heat rash on my arms, legs, and belly, and it's still itchy. Tempertures in the morning are in the teens, and twice, on Thursday and yesterday, I was tempted to stay outside awhile after dark, just to watch the stars. Unfortunately, the weather won't last.
Wednesday afternoon, I had to take the bus to Franklin Mills, rather than into Franklin Mills, so I had to walk through the mall. I went into Boarders to discover that the audio version of Aron Ralston's "Between a Rock and a Hard Place" was available at a discount. I spent much of yesterday listening to it during my brainless job.
My other work progresses slowly. I just finished my review of stereochemistry in Morrison and Boyd, and I can pick up the concepts much better than I did when I took the courses in 1976-7. Of course, going through the well-worn chapters ranks easy, until I reach the chapters my courses never touched, the unknown nine.
Sun 4 Sept
The weekend proceeds as well as expected. I spent yesterday maintaining Midnight with a furcut and a bath. I started cleaning the basement but little else. Today wasn't much better. I can't seem to get the peeling paint off the window frames. Tim has diarrhea, and we had to clean him twice. I tried to send Philipp an email, and the MSN service ate it.
William Hubbs Rehnquiest died yesterday. Now Schrub has two vacancies, just as his incompetence pushed his approval below 40%. Hurricane Katrina brings up the question -- What if it were a terrorist attack on the levees in New Orleans? Would Schrub interrupt his vacation? Allowing oil companies to damage the coast and destroy wetlands, along with cutting funds for the natural defense of New Orleans to give more welfare for the wealthy, have all come home to roost. Will the American electorate finally wake up and throw out Schrub's fascist theocrats? Must we have another Great Depression before this revolt against the twentieth century returns to the 1920's?
Back to Rehnquist: he was the most reactionary of Nixon's Gang of Four. Rehnquist didn't just make up excuses for crooked cops like Byron White, he actually made up excuses for others in criminal justice. (IL vs Rakas, 1976 comes to mind.)
The last time a Supreme Court justice died in office was in 1953, when Chief Justice Fred Vinson did. It turned out to be a tremendous event because Earl Warrn replaced him. I doubt if we'll be as lucky this time.
Rehnquist was an afterthought when Hugo Black and John Marshall Harlan both retired in September and died before 1971 ended. Lewis Powell, a brillain lawyer from Virginia was to replace Black, but Harlan gave Nixon an unexpected fourth coice. The Rehnquisition provided Nixon with revenge until now.
Wednesday afternoon, I had to take the bus to Franklin Mills, rather than into Franklin Mills, so I had to walk through the mall. I went into Boarders to discover that the audio version of Aron Ralston's "Between a Rock and a Hard Place" was available at a discount. I spent much of yesterday listening to it during my brainless job.
My other work progresses slowly. I just finished my review of stereochemistry in Morrison and Boyd, and I can pick up the concepts much better than I did when I took the courses in 1976-7. Of course, going through the well-worn chapters ranks easy, until I reach the chapters my courses never touched, the unknown nine.
Sun 4 Sept
The weekend proceeds as well as expected. I spent yesterday maintaining Midnight with a furcut and a bath. I started cleaning the basement but little else. Today wasn't much better. I can't seem to get the peeling paint off the window frames. Tim has diarrhea, and we had to clean him twice. I tried to send Philipp an email, and the MSN service ate it.
William Hubbs Rehnquiest died yesterday. Now Schrub has two vacancies, just as his incompetence pushed his approval below 40%. Hurricane Katrina brings up the question -- What if it were a terrorist attack on the levees in New Orleans? Would Schrub interrupt his vacation? Allowing oil companies to damage the coast and destroy wetlands, along with cutting funds for the natural defense of New Orleans to give more welfare for the wealthy, have all come home to roost. Will the American electorate finally wake up and throw out Schrub's fascist theocrats? Must we have another Great Depression before this revolt against the twentieth century returns to the 1920's?
Back to Rehnquist: he was the most reactionary of Nixon's Gang of Four. Rehnquist didn't just make up excuses for crooked cops like Byron White, he actually made up excuses for others in criminal justice. (IL vs Rakas, 1976 comes to mind.)
The last time a Supreme Court justice died in office was in 1953, when Chief Justice Fred Vinson did. It turned out to be a tremendous event because Earl Warrn replaced him. I doubt if we'll be as lucky this time.
Rehnquist was an afterthought when Hugo Black and John Marshall Harlan both retired in September and died before 1971 ended. Lewis Powell, a brillain lawyer from Virginia was to replace Black, but Harlan gave Nixon an unexpected fourth coice. The Rehnquisition provided Nixon with revenge until now.
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