"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it."
- Mark Twain
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For everyone who complained that I didn't say anything nice about Arthur C. Clarke in yesterday's very brief note (I can't help it, I don't believe in burying my opinions along with the corpse), here's some information that made my opinion of Clarke shoot up a couple more notches:
The famed science…
The Catholic church has announced a few requirements for the papal visit to the UK:
The 100,000 Roman Catholics expected to attend the pope's open-air "great mass" in Glasgow have been urged by their cardinal to endure the "sacrifices" the event will involve. Tens of thousands of pilgrims in…
Friday afternoon, 2 PM.
In my current frame of mind, some things strike me as perhaps more bizarre than they would have normally. This is one such incident.
After vacation, arriving back from vacation only to turn around to have to head to Ohio for a funeral, and having to be in the operating room…
There won't be anything new for a few days. Tomorrow morning, I'm flying to Colorado to attend the graduation ceremony for my brother, who is receiving his master's degree in computer science. It will be the first time I've seen him since my mother's funeral, so I'm really looking forward to seeing…