Today is Moo’s 25th (!) birthday, so for all of you who know her, give her a ring and tell her how old she is. 
An interesting thing happened the other day. I was sitting in CS205 listening to Ron Fedkiw go on (and on) about something called the Singular Value Decomposition. I was taking notes brainlessly as I often do, when he finished writing on the fifth chalkboard and stopped. He turned to the class and said, “This is all of linear algebra right here.” As he paused for what I can only assume was dramatic effect, I thought to myself, “Hey, that’s pretty neat.” Neat… NEAT?? I think that the fact that all of linear algebra can be reduced to five chalkboards of illegible scrawl is neat. Could it be that I found this class interesting? Is this what they call intellectual excitement? Was I finally understanding what Fedkiw was trying to say, thus quelling my urge to jump up in the middle of class and yell, “WHAT’S THE POINT??”
…Probably not. But it was fun while it lasted.
In unrelated news, while most of the country worries about snipers, nuclear weapons, and war, the good folks down in New Mexico have much more serious matters to attend to: cattle rustlers. God Bless the USA.
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