Beknighted Belatedly, Nevermore

Some results of delayed gratification (i.e., birthday gifts from my sister and her family):

• "Edwurd Fudwupper Fibbed Big" by Berkeley Breathed
• "The Bodacious Book of Succulence" by Sark
• Two via B&N gift card: "on evil" by Terry Eagleton, and "10 Books Every Conservative Must Read" by Benjamin Wiker, Ph.D.
• The Scream 3D postcard
• Facsimile of E.A. Poe's handwritten copy of "The Raven"
• Hot sauce and hot chow-chow

Other books lying around waiting to be completed include the black swan treatise, social trends and O'Casey's dearest.

Saw a former student of mine from my ITT Tech teaching days last night at a showing of "The Expendables."  Glad he's expecting to graduate in the spring, and as he said, I wish I was there to teach the students another class or two.  Reality is more than regurgitating facts from a book.  Education is more than proving you can absorb material at a high rate of speed and reform it into test results and senior projects.  We're social beings, not robots.

A thanks to Roy at Walmart, who's always greeting us at the front door.

A comment to the Yes Men.  If you're going to make fun of the WTO, then you shouldn't copyright your film - it turns your satirical parody into pure hypocrisy.  But maybe that was your point - can't even take comedy seriously.  However, I do - that's why I give mine away (thanks to the generosity of my wife).