ISP outage & new contact lenses

I'm typing this at the "Y"--not sure when access will be back at home. If it's not back by Friday a technician will visit.

I'm wearing contacts for the first time, & it feels strange. Unless things are very far away they're out of focus. I went to CVS & got 2 pair of reading glasses--the stronger one for print and a weaker pair for screens. Putting the contacts in & getting them out will take practice.

ISP outage & new contact lenses

I'm typing this at the "Y"--not sure when access will be back at home. If it's not back by Friday a technician will visit.

I'm wearing contacts for the first time, & it feels strange. Unless things are very far away they're out of focus. I went to CVS & got 2 pair of reading glasses--the stronger one for print and a weaker pair for screens. Putting the contacts in & getting them out will take practice.

Bush's troop surge

This war resembles the Vietnam war in reverse: first LBJ escalated & then Nixon tried "Vietnamization." For the past 3 years Bush has said that Iraqis would assume more & more of the responsibility for their own security, & now that it's clear to everyone that the Iraqis can't or won't do so Bush is trying escalation. It reminds me of the Tom Paxton lyric:

"Lyndon Johnson told the nation
Never fear escalation,
We are trying everone to please.

Though it isn't really war
We're sending 50,000 more
To help save Vietnam from the Vietnamese."

Bush's troop surge

This war resembles the Vietnam war in reverse: first LBJ escalated & then Nixon tried "Vietnamization." For the past 3 years Bush has said that Iraqis would assume more & more of the responsibility for their own security, & now that it's clear to everyone that the Iraqis can't or won't do so Bush is trying escalation. It reminds me of the Tom Paxton lyric:

"Lyndon Johnson told the nation
Never fear escalation,
We are trying everone to please.

Though it isn't really war
We're sending 50,000 more
To help save Vietnam from the Vietnamese."