Lumas 4, 29.

DIARY

- WHAT IS VERY GOOD, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR NOT IT IS GOTHIC FUNK - Brokeback Mountain. (It sticks with you. It's also a little unfair and oblitatory... but in a good way.)

- WEATHER - The weather has conspired (at this moment) to endorse Al Gore's movie. That is, there's a block of rain (with flooding) caused by Atlantic tropical and temperate lows running all the way from Florida to around Nova Scotia, thunderstorms along frontal boundaries in the northern great plains and Mississippi (for once Iowa is surrounded instead of being the hub). Out west, on the other hand, heat records are being broken all the way north along the coast. Death Valley tops 125 degrees, California's central valley is at 110, and Portland is expected to beat its '87 record of 94. There are no imminent hurricanes, but remember it's very early in the season, and the African coast is already unusually active.

- TIGERS - We're now approaching the halfway mark. The Tigers still have the best record at 51-25. The Tigers just swept the Cardinals in their last series. The Cardinals are not a shoddy team. Moreover, they won two of those three games with late rallies, inclinding a second game rally that tied the game at the bottom of the ninth and allowed the Tigers to go on to win in extra innings. 7-6. Their first game? 10-6. Yesterday's game was 1-1 until the eighth when the Vance Wilson allowed Alexic Gomez and Curtis Granderson put him across home. From there, Placido and Pudge scored two more. Comerica took in 125,417 fans; that is, their largest three-game number or the entire population of Flint, depending on how you'd like to look at it.

- JUNE - is the month of vision research.
- TODAY - is Romanian Flag Day.
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Lord William Thomson Kelvin.

- NEWS OF THE WEEK -
USATODAY.com('s freakin' obnoxious website): Hirricanes loft Stanley Cup after blowing away Oilers in Game 7.
Herald Sun: Gay love OK with God [Episcopal].
CNN.com: 4th soldier charged in detainee deaths.
Sudan Tribune: Sudan accuses Jewish groups of pushing for UN troops in Darfur.
Reuters: Chad accuses Sudan of cross-border attacks.
Associated Press: FBI Raids Alleged Terror Cells in Miami.
National Geographic News: Pluto's New Moons Names Nix, Hydra.
CNN.com: Rights group: Sudanese militias kill hundreds in Chad.
Sun.Star: Death penalty law abolished [in the Philippines].
New York Times: Buffett to Give Bulk of His Fortune to Gates Charity.
Reuters: Casualties in big Palestinian attack on Israeli post.

- QUESTION OF THE DAY -
The Army, the Navy, the Air Force, the Marines. You have to choose one. Which one?

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