Weather: Slick icy roads on the way to work -- very dangerous. Melted off by 9 or 10.

Veteran's Day 11/11/03
There were some observances yesterday, the "official" holiday, but TODAY's the day that people talked about about the issues this day commemorates.
1st thing: Our local National Guard is being sent to Iraq. These men and women are in a transportation unit, and will do their duty with bulls-eyes on their backs -- for an undetermined time -- for an undetermined goal (a country is not free if it's occupied by foriegn troops, so it can't be truly "Operation Iraqi Freedom"). I'm praying for their safe return. The Daily Internet: The Daily Inter Lake Newspaper, Kalispell, Montana

Bush said something about "extremists" seeking to rule Iraq -- he's right for a change -- some of their names are Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Perle, and Bremer!

The local FM had a folk music show that featured songs about WWI -- mostly by and about British soldiers. "Over There" was NOT played -- if someone didn't like those grim stories -- well, they "can't handle the truth," can they?

I printed up a half-dozen images of Jasper Johns' "Orange Flag" from 1967 and posted them around my little campus. If you stare at the stars on the red, white, and blue flag, then look at the orange field below, you'll see a "ghost flag." What does it mean? I dunno -- maybe staring at the flag might resurrect thoughts about what it's supposed to represent.