Great quote courtesty of a Daily Kos poster: "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." - Mark Twain

In other news, I was looking at the list of non-credit workshops being offered during IAP (January term). One of them is being taught by a resident scholar who lives here in Simmons. The guy flew 321 combat missions. Anyway, it's called "The Art of Dogfighting 1915-1983: A How-To Course". Here's the description:

Tired of being a strafe panel when using an online flight simulator game? Having trouble keeping your barrel roll attacks from turning into vertical rolling scissors? Wonder why, since air combat began, 20% of the pilots have gotten 80% of the kills? Do you just want to watch the good parts (i.e. dogfights) of classic flying films like "Wings", "Battle of Britain", and "Top Gun" and hear an explanation of what these guys are doing and why?

Is that a riot or what?