My old physics buddy Carl Drews sent me the following email:
It’s April 23, and your last blog entry is April 11. In that time interval: Iraq has finished falling to the American-led coalition, the Shiites have made their first pilgrimage in a generation to Karbala, the SARS virus has spread, Scott Peterson has been indicted for the murder of his wife and unborn son, Holy Week has come and gone, and my daughter Isabel has lost her first front tooth. People need to know your opinion on these things! Interested readers are clicking on Refresh again and again, hoping to read Kevin’s latest thoughts. So won’t you please please please comment on something? Anything!
OK, our Mesoptamian campaign confounded all the pessimists; religious freedom is great; I’m not sure how much SARS has spread versus how much China has fessed up to how widespread it already was; while a terrible crime, I’m not sure why the Petersons get so much attention when too many others get none; Praise the Lord; a mixture of “I hope Isabel didn’t freak out at the loss of her tooth” and “aww, how cute”. In four years my daughter will be driving, the thought of which freaks me out.
I’m still as busy as a one armed cashier at Wal-Mart at my place of employment. After more physical labor than I’m accustomed to, my back yard is now a third re-graded but still a sea of mud. I just got the requirements for getting a building permit for a new deck and the fact that it requires six copies of the plans gives you an idea of the hassle that looks to be. Baseball season has started for my son and technically construction continues on our room annex (six months and counting). And that’s only part of the stuff that fills my time – not only do I not have any time to write my blog, I have too little time to read other people’s blogs. But who’s complaining?
