I took a very long lunch to go for my swim, since the pool closes at 3:00. I did my fastest mile ever--56 minutes!! Sounds like not a big deal, but (a) I started swimming a mile in mid-February at 83 minutes, (b) my kicking isn't nearly as good as it was in mid-February, and (c) I'm not stopping nearly as much as I was to catch my breath, and some of my pauses were just to stretch out my arms, which were getting a bit sore by the end since my backstroke is speeding up.

Woot!!

As long as we're on the subject of really badass riot photos, there was an article on Cracked fairly recently that should definitely be linked here:

Truly epic, but I don't know how they could leave out this guy: [link]

I'm sure I know which guy you mean without even clicking your link, Trudy. I thought the same thing when I read that article.

That's great, Kathy!

That Cracked article is fun. Plus, Jericho mockery! But I'm sad that Brockaway doesn't seem to know what red flags mean.

I'm so glad I clicked through to Trudy's link afterall. There's so much more to the Tank Man story than I ever knew.

They left out arguably the most badass of protesters, but also most difficult to be glib about - the self-immolators. Well, then, I suppose suicide bombers might also qualify.

I admire how your mind works, Matt.

yes. the idea of the hat-gaga with glitter rocks my world.

Gud, I just now realized that there was only one photo in that set that was supposed to have pictures of the house. Fixed now.

smonster, where are those pics at? I wanna see your new digs!