TURN ON THE BRIGHT LIGHTS

So, I'm listening to the new Interpol disc - Antics - which I do recommend, although I know a lot of folks can't stand them. I think they have a Joy Division feel that few can reproduce. Anyway, I'm also battling ants at my place - I estimate there are roughly 47 million ants invading my home and I'm finally making a dent in their ranks. There is still some "cleaning up" to do (to use a Pentagon term for destroying human life), but I'm halfway there. Finally I was approved for a forbearance on my student loans today. This means that I still accumulate interest, but I don't have to pay anything for a few months. The realities of taking care of my moving expenses and paying a lot more in rent than I'm used to have finally caught up to me.

One more thing. I just read this piece on Los Alamos and nuclear weapons reasearch that everyone who has anything to do with UT, UC or humanity should read. It's by a couple of guys I know. Nick, in particular, is somewhere between acquaintance and friend.