President Bush walks through the Normandy American Cemetery, where some 9,000 American war dead from the Second World War D-Day landings are buried, on a Memorial Day visit, May 27, 2002. Bush paid homage to American war dead on Monday and vowed that his generation was ready to make the same sacrifice in the U.S. war against terrorism. (Kevin Lamarque/Reuters)

Now we have lite chicken? I don't know. It seems like a great idea but it still disturbs me a bit. Tastes great, less filling: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/020520/161/1knje.html

i was reading the sunday paper and came across an article on the other most faboo person from springfield. theodore seuss geisel aka dr. suess. they are unveiling some memorial statues of dr. suess characters next weekend. i was visiting the web site about the event and came across some other springfield sites. i thought the memorial was going to be downtown, but it's at the the quadrangle instead. ok that might not mean anything to you, so let me put it in some context. when i was going to college at stcc i lived across from the quadrangle (like 10 feet) and was obsessed with hanging out there. mostly the library because it was 3x the size of the one on campus, but it was some culture i was yearning for too. the web site describes the "quad" as "the historic quadrangle where four distinctive museums and a major urban resource library are clustered around a tree-shaded green". there are two art museums, a science museum and a historical/genealogy museum. most of the building are from the victorian era, the gwvs art museum was 100 in 1996. i remember first learning about the dune series by frank herbert, running over to the library, taking out all 8 books and reading them for days. to be fair to dune fans there are many many more sites, then the one site i listed above. the world of dune or the fedaykin or planet arrakis and the official site for the dune novels. although frank herbert died a few years ago, his son carried on with dune and a prequel trilogy. houseatreides.com highlights mostly the prequels, but has a lot of other dune-related information. the prequels consist of house atreides, the just released house harkonnen and the third and final prelude house corrino which is due out any day now. if you are interested in the sci-fi channel series on dune check out their site, and the official site for the dune novels, although it seems a little centric on the latest works. jeez i certain started one place and ended another huh? well it was a fun little trip down memory lane.

cinnamon and sugary, soft spoken lies...you'll never know just how you'll look in other people's eyes. listening to that song on the way home today. it's memorial day weekend, which of course, is known for partying and bbqing rather than it's original meaning. after the civil war, memorial day was declared to remember all the people, mainly soldiers, that had died during the war. today, i think it's also good to remember any/all fallen heros. maybe just even remember someone..anyone. i always used to read a dear abby column (or something like it) that said there should be a reconcillation day. where you put aside bad thoughts, time or distance and get in touch with someone you've been closer to in the past. maybe memorial day is just the perfect time to do something like that. life is much too short to hold grudges even if you are/were right. why don't you give some a call/email or write them a letter. put the ball back in their court, ask for forgiveness or just be the bigger person and tell them you want a "do-over" =) is there someone in your life you've been close with and not aren't? why?

woke up after having the strangest dream tonight. i was visiting some science college, that was run by stephen hawkings and i wandered into the lab where they were looking for some students to volunteer. john was there too, he was checking in on some classes. i grabbed a cup of coffee and was making some popcorn while i listened to more about the program. i can't remember all of the details but next thing you know john and i have been picked as one of the 15 students that are going to live in the international space station for a month. the teacher was joking that college kids don't mind ramen noodles and soup so this should be fun for all. next thing we were at some country club where they are deciding on the finalists. it was this completely wealthy group of people who where also competing to be one of the people that got to go with us. the funny thing about it was they couldn't pay $20 million to be on this trip and that was tweaking some of them. all of a sudden it turned into a talent show and we were all in the mall ala tiffany or something. then i woke up and decided to write this. weird huh?