Occludine 27, 31.

- My past week was defined by 1) Seeing Slumdog Millionaire in Evanston followed by a late Tuesday dinner at Steak N' Shake, and 2) The Legend of Zelda III: A Link to the Past and the Nature: Sharks film. Also, I took a nice walk along the lake, and revised several chapters of Beowulf.

- NEWS OF THE WEEK -
New York Times: Pakistan Leader Backs Down and Reinstates Top Judge.

- QUESTION OF THE DAY -
Eleven countries around the world have a population of over 100,000,000. They are (in descending order of population): China, India, the United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Russia, Japan, and Mexico. Of these, what are three that you would be the most interested in visiting?