Choking on war

Did you know that Miss Utah is an Army National Guard recruiter?

That little factoid was sent to me by the teacher of a class that is currently choking me with reading.

Well, not just that class, which is a grad seminar on the geography of war and peace (the two concepts, not the novel), but the whole quarter is a lot to digest right now, hence the silence from my end of the blogosphere. There's a half-dozen draft posts waiting for completion, a bunch of Chinese friends that deserve emails, and a thesis that needs to be worked on, but I find myself putting most of my effort into classes and work. That's not all bad. It's just the way it is.

We woke up this morning to 4 inches of wet, sticky snow. Good for packing snowballs. We are supposed to get more overnight. It's awfully pretty.