Web log of Tom Cerul for 2009 November

PBS Frontline did a report on some National Guard soldiers escorting trucks in Iraq. The unit was nicknamed Bad Voodoo and this video report is part of their story. (Click on Watch the full program online) The report is too short at 1 hour.

And thank you, Jake, for escorting and driving fuel trucks in Iraq. I'm glad you made it home.

We're checked in and in the waiting room of the hospital in preparation for the scheduled removal of Jenny's gallbladder.

Jenny's doped up and wheeled away. Nurse Sunny's chasing her and seems very satisfied with the OR team.

Operation is done. Jenny's not awake yet. I'm still in the waiting room.

Jenny's in a room, doing okay. She has some pain and is tired and napping. She'll be here overnight.

Jenny's home!

I know ya won't bother, but I recommend watching this hour long video, An anthropological introduction to YouTube. It's a presentation by a professor of anthropology, Michael Wesch, at the Library of Congress. It's an insightful and interesting interpretation of new media and how it affects and connects people in an increasing disconnected world. I'd try to summarize but there's just too much.

Here is a TED talk Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story about how repeatedly hearing the same kind of story limits our ability to understand people from other places.

I challenge you to find a blog, picture set, newspaper, map, whatever from someplace you've never been and barely even heard about. You're on the best, fastest, easiest research tool the human race has ever made. Look out someone else's window for 10 minutes.

pick a place maps.google.com

Some days I don't respect my wife
Some days I don't love her
Some days her simple kiss changes the world from wrong to right
Some days her hugs save my life