“In a move that has been termed ‘positively Orwellian‘ by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Executive Director Jeff Ruch, George W. Bush is ending public access to research materials at EPA regional libraries without Congressional consent. This all-out effort to impede research and public access is a [loosely] covert operation to close down 26 technical libraries under the guise of budgetary constraint. Scientists are protesting, but at least 15 of the libraries will be closed by Sept. 30, 2006.”
Bush Ending Public Access to Research Materials
Tedder was a good dog.
(This is Grandma Crum)Â He couldn’t help eating the lemon meringue pie I made. It wasn’t his fault. I will miss him.
Chester “Tedder” Crumiller, 1991 - 2006
I am very sorry to report that Tedder has died. He was a very good dog, and he brought us lots of happiness.
Maggie and Puppy
Maggie is home for a break between summer and fall semester.
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The Verdict
Since it happened, I’ve been wondering how the Porco murder would change Marshall’s view of the world and his future relationships — would he never again trust anyone to be who he thinks they are? How would he deal with this? Marshall has been open but not overly talkative (heh) about it, but he wrote a really good post on the Porco Trial Blog saying he feels no remorse for losing a psycho killer but he does feel remorse for losing the friend he thought he had.
Now I wonder about everyone else. Obviously there are lots of terrible, sick, violent criminals but I always thought there was a way to explain, if not forgive, their actions. I thought they must in their own minds justify what they did. But with Christopher Porco and what he did — I still can’t explain it nor imagine how he thinks about it.
P.S. I’m glad The People won.
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Links:
video of the verdict being read (WNET)
Susan and Arastu’s trip to Fiji
Susan and Arastu e-mail occasionally with their Fiji adventures, so I will copy-and-paste from their e-mails and post them here. Susan said it would be OK to do that.
birthday alert
It is Auntie Sue’s 46th birthday today.. Happy birthday Suzy!!
