Questionable Tattoo Page

There's a new link in the Links section. Questionable Content is this great web comic I ran across a couple of weeks ago. Great artwork, and the dialogue is really clever and funny. Kinda Frasier-ian what with the witty banter between Marten, Faye, Dora and Pintsize. I replaced New Jack Swing 4Ever, well, because although I really do listen to old New Jack nearly every day, reading about it just doesn't have the same appeal.

Glanced at the UW Daily this afternoon at work and found an article about precautions when getting a tattoo. It frowned upon getting a tattoo of the name of one's significant other because relationships are dynamic. Yeah, I'll say. I'm not saying not to love and to accept love, but beware that after committing to that tattoo you could be hit by the figurative truck. I still just can't comprehend the bizarre and uncharacteristic behavior. Rage, sadness, miscommunication, lack of communication...it's like a thousand song lyrics come true. It's amazing how much easier and faster it is to tear something down than to build it piece by piece.

Oh...made fried rice for the second time in as many days. First time I used too much oil. This time I used less oil, sliced more carrots and yellow and red bell peppers, added pepper, less soy sauce, some celery and an egg...it was really good.

One last quick thing that deserves more space than I'm gonna give it tonight since it's closing in on midnight. Attended the Justice Alan Page talk this evening. Black Justice on the Minnesota State Supreme Court and former NFL MVP...he looked like what Taye Diggs will look like at age 59, that is, if he grows some facial hair. Won a national championship at Notre Dame as a college player, went to 8 Pro Bowls as a pro and, of course, that MVP award as a defensive tackle, of all things. As impressive as that is, he attended law school while playing pro ball and worked his way up the lawyer ranks in Minnesota, became D.A., then State Attorney General and now he's a judge. Either one of those paths of accomplishment is phenomenal and this guy did both...and he's still going! Anyway, Coach Tyrone Willingham (pretty accomplished in his own right) introduced him and Page talked about the importance of education...demanding excellence and equality. That's right up my alley as an Education student. He also talked about the importance of the judicial system and impartiality of the judge. A judge's purpose, he said, isn't to impose his will but to impose his judgment....that's why they're called "Judges" not "Wills". It was impressive to see a person who clearly has a vested interest in seeing certain things happen be able to set his will aside and use only his judgment. I've always wanted to be a judge and I've been called a person with great integrity...have I lived up to that compliment? I think...and hope, I have. It's only the right way to be.