Via Talk Left, I see that there is an excellent site dedicated to the war on your neighbor called the Drug War Rant. You can find Drug War Rant in the permalinks down and to the right.
Batteryless Flashlight
The Instapundit talks about Fed-Exing flashlights and batteries to relatives, and it reminded me of a really cool invention I saw the last time I was at my parents house. Batteryless flashlights. I thought they were a super cool idea.
Milton Friedman
John Hawkins managed to interview the irreplaceable Milton Friedman.
Mail Client
I am looking for a mail client. I have been using Eudora, but my filters are simply not working and I am tired of screwing with them. I need something that can separate the numerous listservs I subscribe to from personal emails and spam. Any suggestions (other than Outlook) would be appreciated.
9/11
Two years ago today, a close friend called me and told me to turn on the television. I was horrified by what I saw- I remember going numb, and I immediately called a very special friend in Brooklyn and told her to turn on the tv and to stay home. The day went downhill from there. I know this is a political season, but I simply do not care- there will be time for politics tomorrow. Today, I am going to think about all the mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, aunts, uncles, brothers, sisters, and children who lost people they love. We will never see those we lost again, we will never know what they may have done with their lives, and my world and your world will never be the same again. That is worth some reflection and remembrance, and I don’t care to talk about anything else. I just hope that those we lost are in a better place.
With that in mind, Andrew has some words that we should take to heart:
On this anniversary, the tritest thing to feel is mere grief. Not that grief isn’t justified. But grief is a natural response to unforeseen tragedy, to random events, to things beyond human control. And what happened two years ago today wasn’t merely tragedy. It was a conscious atrocity, an act of war. The free West was attacked by a pathological ideology that still holds a whole region of the world in its grip. And the very forces that tried to destroy us then are still trying to destroy us – as that grotesque videotape yesterday only underlined. Any attempt to hide that fact, minimize it, gloss over it, or complicate it into vagueness is an insult to memory.
For me the rage is still there- not an unjustified, lashing out at anything rage, but a well placed, purposeful, deserved, rage. Trite as it may be, I still feel a profound loss, a heavy sense of grief.
Warron Zevon, R.I.P.
Of all of the Zevon obits and remembrances, Brian Linse’s was the most touching. While he was just a great musician to people like me- he was also a friend and a father. Such a loss.
Scary as Hell
The Instapundit links to this story regarding North Korea:
A Chinese scholar who is also a key Communist Party member in Shanghai, has said Chinese President Hu Jintao through his top envoy informed North Korean leader Kim Jong-il of a possible United States invasion.
Shen Dingli, professor at Hudan University in Shanghai and who was visiting Korea for an international seminar, was quoted by sources as saying that Hu