Overheard on the bus this morning:

Woman with Endless Chins: Afghanistan is a desert; a few nukes won't hurt 'em.

There were a few more comments made, then someone made this venerable observation:

"...San Diego is [partly] a desert..."

Word of the Day

Pablum: "Trite, insipid, or simplistic writing, speech, or conceptualization."

I've been reading a few articles regarding events in NY and W. DC. for more perspective:
Leander Kahney writes how important the internet has been in providing a media for "amateur" experiences and observations that one wouldn't normally be exposed. He makes his point at the end of his article, making this quote (found toward the very bottom):

"'Now we're about to get deeply involved in some nasty, subtle, dangerous politics, and the public doesn't even know who the players are,' wrote Eric Kidd to Scripting News' mail page. 'The press ought to stop poking people's wounds and start educating the American public before we encourage our leaders to do something stupid.'"

However, Kahney makes some objectionable statements according to Dave Pell's September 18th, 2001 article (scroll down a bit).

[To be finished later]