What’s up with that first comment from yesterday?

July 21, 2003

What the HELL is up with the first comment on my last entry? Where did that come from? I mean, I know I have a connection with Wisconsin, but I wasn’t aware that I had one with the Wisconsin Riveters, the tackle women’s football team. That one took me by surprise. So it means it’s either random, or one of you jokers did something to get that there. No harm, no foul, but it’s just kind of weird.

It’s a nice steamy 95 degrees here today. I spent a little bit of time in the sun today–that is, when I walked from the car to the building. Most of the rest of the day was spent in an air-conditioned car or an air-conditioned house. That’s one thing I love about driving the Escape–AIR CONDITIONING. Both the Escape and my Mustang have a lot of power and both have nice light frames, but heck, my Mustang doesn’t have huge turbines kicking out ice cold air when it’s 95 degrees outside. Oh yeah That’s one thing I won’t miss about the Mustang when I eventually get a car for myself at some point in the future. I have to keep a towel in the car to drape over the back on my vinyl seat in the car so that in the summer months I don’t show up at my destination with a huge sweat stain down my back. I’ve done that a few times, and it got pretty old after awhile.

I got an email today from one of my professors. I had my Dad scan a Dilbert comic that I thought of in class last term when she was describing something that happened in Sierra Leone about 10 years ago or so, and I emailed it to her. It turns out that she’s in Istanbul right now (or is it Constantinople?), and she related a story to me that I thought was pretty interesting. She said that she was at a conference in June in Budapest and met a professor from Ohio State University who met a Sierra Leoneon non-traditional student (that means older) there. The student said that he was in the Sierra Leone army, and one night while sitting around with a bunch of his buddies drinking and smoking they just up and decided to overthrow the government. And so they did. And they sat around, drinking and smoking and ran the government until someone from the British government offered them free educations in Britain or the US if they would relinquish power. And so they did. I believe this was actually the group led by Valentine Strasser that overthrew Joseph Momah, but she didn’t specify who it was. This student, however, mentioned that he was thinking of running for student government. As Beth put it, “it is a bit frightening to think the junta
just faded away into American college life.” Not just as lore, but the perpetators of the coup actually faded away into their educations in Western colleges. Yes, they were that young. Valentine Strasser, at the ripe old age of 25, became the youngest head of state in the world when he led the coup Whoa! I’m remembering stuff from classes! Someone turn on another TV. I need to get the rest of this knowledge out fast. I told Beth that I would have paid money to see the debate between that student and his opponent, especially on the question of “What experience can you bring to student government?” Yeah, that would have been a riot to see.

I hauled out a piece of work that my Dad and I did a few years back. After I bought my magic printer (the one that’s never run out of toner), my Dad and I made a nice stand for it, plus a pull-out shelf that my scanner can fit on. After I had my Dad scan the Dilbert comic for me, I realized that I really need to get my OWN scanner working. I misplaced a piece that I need to make it work, and I’m not entirely sure what I need to replace it, so I have an email into the company who made it to tell me exactly what I need. I don’t scan all that much, but then again, I haven’t had a scanner, right? If I get my scanner working, I can scan all sorts of stuff.

Well, I think I’m going to go take a jog. Be sure to read the comment that was left after yesterday’s post, it’s pretty funny. And leave a comment or two yourself. Later.

Haircut AND a shave.