Politics & Family
Tim Russert had an interesting point the other night about why some Americans may favor George Bush. When Bush speaks it’s generally in clear, simple terms: I was right about the war in Iraq then & I’m right about the war now. I think this about Terrorism… whereas Kerry will tend to be more like “I’ve studied these issues for 22 years…”
As mentioned in the news, it looks like Bush has gotten a bump off the RNC, which also seems to be reflected on the very cool www.electoral-vote.com.
Visit with Mom & one of my brother Chris is going well. On Friday, spent the day mostly in Pasadea area, visiting the Huntington Gardens & driving the Angels Crest Highway towards Mt. Wilson.
The Huntington was cool for me as well, for despite having been a member for two years, I never actually visited the library until yesterday. Even knowing they had a Guttenburg, it was still awesome to get see it, along with editions of the Bible pre-dating the printing press and hand-copied by monks. While behind a glass case, the manuscripts where held open allowing one to see a couple of pages. It’s one thing to have read about the ornamentation enscribed on each page, quite another to actually see them.
I would have been sufficently impressed with the Bible collection alone would have been amazing, but a few rows over first editions of the Leviathan, works by Locke, Common Sense, and so on… This place is a U of C’ers wet dream come true. I tried reading what I could through the glass, but next time I’m showing up with my dog-eared Penguin Classics versions to see how closely the line-up.
Oh yeah, the family trip.
Today was West LA, driving through Mulholland drive (as recommended by Sang), stopping for lunch at the Saddle Ranch on Sunset, then onto Venice Beach and Santa Monica’s 3rd Street Promenade. Tomorrow is a small BBQ & a chance for my mom to get to meet some of LA friends. Chris leaves Monday out of LAX, so following dropping him off, I’ll probably take my mom to see more of the nice houses in Beverly Hills & maybe stop off at the Grove. Tuesday’s still TBD, possibly a tour of Warner Brothers.
