Getting Sick

This past weekend I went down to Lewes, DE to play some fine ultimate in the beautiful weather. It was a really fantastic tournament, despite the fact that the team I was on was not really competitive. Great fields, good spirit (mostly), and the most gorgeous ultimate weather makes for a good tourney.

It could only have been better had Nelly been able to make it. Alas, she could not. She's in the midst of finals.

It turns out though, that the cold I thought I'd fought off the week before was returning with a vengeance. It seemed that a lot of people were sick at this tournament, so maybe I caught one of their contagions. But to be honest, I had my own. I've been out of it since I got back Sunday night.

Being sick is lame!

Good Timing

I have been trying to stay at work a little longer (which is a little easier now that the sun sets at 8) so that I don't have to deal with as much congestion on the ride home. So far, so good.

Today I got home at 7:30 and as I was opening the door I thought, "Oh man! I guess Nelly left the light on!" Though almost immediately I knew I was wrong.

A soft orange directionless light and the sweet smell of blossoming lilies infused the entire apartment! It was like... actually, I have no idea how to describe it. It was beautiful!

While we weren't looking

Top three news stories on the NY Times website that don't involve Virginia Tech:

Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Abortion Procedure

“It tolerates, indeed applauds, federal intervention to ban nationwide a procedure found necessary and proper in certain cases by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists,” Justice Ginsburg wrote, in a dissent joined by Justices John Paul Stevens, David H. Souter and Stephen G. Breyer.

Bombings Kill at Least 146 Iraqis in Baghdad

In the worst of the attacks, a car bomb exploded at an intersection in the Sadriya neighborhood that serves as a station for buses traveling to the Shiite district of Sadr City. The powerful blast killed at least 115 people and wounded 137...

Bill to Let Medicare Negotiate Drug Prices Is Blocked

Democrats could not muster the 60 votes needed to take up the legislation in the face of staunch opposition from Republicans ... “The Department of Veterans Affairs is able to negotiate for lower-priced drugs,” said the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid, Democrat of Nevada. “H.M.O.’s can negotiate. Wal-Mart can negotiate. Why in the world shouldn’t Medicare be able to do that?”