Desert Botanical Garden

Tonight I visited the Desert Botanical Garden for the after-hours flashlight tour. Way cool! Saw bats and beetles and night hawks.

Incarceration

I read in the paper today (Arizona Republic) that 1 in 136 United States residents is incarcerated. That seems like an obscenely high figure to me, with some states (not Arizona) incarcerating more than 1% of their populace.

I've never been in jail. I guess that's something.

Working from home with a totally unreasonable fever today. JavaMail is a little more amusing on NyQuil. I'd try to tie things together with a line about being cooped up with a head cold (?) being a little like being jailed, but I imagine it's truly nothing like it. I can't even imagine.

Free T-Shirt at Tempe Dodge

Tempe Dodge sent me a flyer promising a free t-shirt just for showing up. So I did. And got a free t-shirt. Kind of fun.

Les Miserables

I saw Les Miserables this evening at the ASU Grammage Auditorium. It was fun but it wasn't Broadway.

The Sentinel

I saw The Sentinel at the AMC movie theatre on Stapley today. I don't remember it as being all that good. Maybe okay-ish.

Lasik @ Home

While so far I've been blessed with decent uncorrected vision, many people I know use glasses or contact lenses. However, with Lasik@Home, Lasik corrective vision surgery is becoming more and more acccessible.

Youth is wasted on the young

Downside of being young.

Hummer

Confession: I'd like to try out driving a Hummer sometime.