Lumas 18, 29.

DIARY

- ASTONISHINGLY WONDERFUL AND GOTHIC FUNK - Saved!
- ANOTHER ONE - To Kill a Mockingbird (the film).

- WEATHER - Tomorrow, as humid air from the gulf moves in against a cool front that moves down from Canada, races over the great lakes, storms will break out throughout Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York New Jersey, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachussetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Maryland, D.C. and Delaware, Georgia and Florida. Meanwhile, a desert high sits solid on the West over Nevada, Utah and Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming, Montana, the Dakotas, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas and Oklahoma. A cool front presses across the northern Rocky mountains: Washington and Oregon. ··· Which of these trends will win out? ··· The desert high will win out; as the week progresses the jet stream will retreat north bring above-average temperatures to most of the nation.

- TIGERS - Baseball season is halfway over. Last year at this point, the Tigers we fifteen games back. This year, the Tigers are on top, the White Sox are 2 games back, the Red Sox 5, the Yankees 8. Very nice. Tonight: the Home Run Derby. Tomorrow: the All Star game. Featuring Tigers Pudge Rodriguez up-front and Kenny Rogers on reserve. (Unfortunately, no Verlander...) And about a million White Sox for you Sox fans.

- POSTMODERNISM - I forgot it today. I'll get it tomorrow. I'll be consistant this week. I promise!

- JULY - Is cell phone courtesy month. (Ought to be every month...)
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Marcel Proust.

- NEWS OF THE WEEK -
TriCities.com: Japan May Postpone North Korea Resolution.
Reuters: Chechen rebel leader Basayev killed: Tass.
ABC: Italy winds World Cup in penalty shoot-out.
The Star: Aviation history is made by 'flapper'
Guardian Unlimited: Japan Resolution Still Includes Sanctions.
Bloomberg.com: General Motors Board Agrees to Explore Nissan-Renault Alliance.
NPR: Craigslist Sued Over Housing Ads Content.

- QUESTION OF THE DAY -
You think it's fun! But the rest of the world disagrees.

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