:: Event Horizon ::

:: Friday, February 14, 2003 ::

A Soldier's View on Surviving NBC
After reading this I feel so much better than I did after reading the official "what to do" list from the government. This sort of information from a reliable source helps to demystify the terms and concepts involved. Although a chemical or biological weapons attack is certainly something to be feared, it is simply not on the same scale as a nuclear attack. Chemical and biological weapons are not weapons of mass destruction, mass panic perhaps, but they are much more focused in terms of the size of the target area and the number of people who are in danger.

:: Joel 8:40 PM [+] ::
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Bin Laden Tape Urges Iraqi Suicide Bombs
Just has critics have suggested that the Bush Administration has yet to prove a link between Osama bin Laden and Iraq, OBL provides the link in an audio tape (bin Laden's Greatest Hits, not available in stores) released today. The timing is a bit suspect, coming on the day that Secretary Powell testifies before Congress, but the tape appears to be genuine, at least that is what Al Jazeera says. Do you think that maybe OBL's PR guy was killed in the Afghanistan war? How else to explain his willingness to help the Bush team make their case that Saddam and al-Qaida are in cahoots? I love that phrase, in cahoots, it sounds so Western, as in, "those varmints are in cahoots."

:: Joel 1:38 PM [+] ::
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Are You Ready? - Guide to Citizen Preparedness
I've been reading the guide to disaster prep and I have to say, I'm not ready.

:: Joel 11:18 AM [+] ::
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Humanities Prof. Unable To Travel
I'm not certain how many instructors I had as an undergraduate at the University of Arizona, no more than the average student I suppose, but one instructor stands out in my memory. Donna Swaim changed my way of looking at the world. I looked forward to her humanities class and enjoyed her lectures, which were not so much lectures as informal discussions, conversations about life, the universe and everything. She made philosophy, literature and art come alive in a way that made me realize that they too were conversations between the artist and the audience, conversations as real and as fresh as any you might have today, conversations that spanned generations, originating in circumstances of varied cultures and traditions but all speaking to the same universal human condition. Fashions change, technology improves, customs evolve, but the pains and joys of the human heart are constant. Thank you Professor Swaim, for making it real.

:: Joel 11:09 AM [+] ::
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