Counting down - Last Day of Work
Aug. 8th, 2014 09:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chris_gerribRelax, Mom - last day of work before a vacation. A few thoughts:
1) Today is the 40th anniversary of Nixon's resignation. I have an (minor) personal link to this event. When I was seven, my family and I went to Washington DC on vacation. We were supposed to get a tour of the White House, but when we got there, we were told the tours had been cancelled. In those pre-cell phone and -Internet days, it wasn't until we got to our hotel that night that we learned Nixon had resigned, and that was why there were no tours.
2) I see that Obama has authorized airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq and airlifts to aid refugees. I'm frankly not thrilled that we're involved in this mess, but I would be even less thrilled if a genocide occurred. Sometimes the choice isn't between "good" and "bad," it's between "bad" and "worse."
3) Related to this post by my favorite PCotI (Professional Crank on the Internet) - if art is subjective, then my opinion is no better or worse than yours. If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then everybody can have an equally-valid definition of "beauty."
1) Today is the 40th anniversary of Nixon's resignation. I have an (minor) personal link to this event. When I was seven, my family and I went to Washington DC on vacation. We were supposed to get a tour of the White House, but when we got there, we were told the tours had been cancelled. In those pre-cell phone and -Internet days, it wasn't until we got to our hotel that night that we learned Nixon had resigned, and that was why there were no tours.
2) I see that Obama has authorized airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq and airlifts to aid refugees. I'm frankly not thrilled that we're involved in this mess, but I would be even less thrilled if a genocide occurred. Sometimes the choice isn't between "good" and "bad," it's between "bad" and "worse."
3) Related to this post by my favorite PCotI (Professional Crank on the Internet) - if art is subjective, then my opinion is no better or worse than yours. If beauty is in the eye of the beholder, then everybody can have an equally-valid definition of "beauty."
