(I pretended today was Sunday. It sure felt like one.)

Number of sections consumed: 4 (out of 10)

Hours spent: 2.5

NYT Magazine opened (Y/N): N

Articles worthy of passing along:

• Chinese Are Left to Ask Why Schools Crumbled - About all the schools that fell, while neighboring buildings remained standing.
• Rendering Justice, With One Eye on Re-election - Short story on the peculiar American habit of electing judges, with a focus on a particularly underhanded campaign in Wisconsin.
• A Conflict’s Buffer Zone: Rocks, and Inches - A border standoff between the small African countries of Eritrea and Djibouti has soldiers from both sides sitting inches away from each other.
• Senate Race in Minnesota Shows Power of Bloggers
• Opinion: Misreading the Arab Media - Why the U.S. government should be working to engage the Arab media.

As is probably quite obvious, I haven’t really been in the mood for writing as of late. To be fair, the mix is roughly 40% apathy, 60% preoccupation.

Lisa’s first Mother’s Day was spent in Madison. Not an optimal time for her to visit, but between MinneBar on the 10th, a weird work event for me on the 12th, and a bunch of time for her working online the following week, it was clear we wouldn’t be able to see each other much until this weekend anyway. As such, we decided to defer Mother’s Day to some undefined future date, and just let the weekend pass.

I made the most of my open Sunday. Instead of relaxin