9/11
The pre-game ceremonies in South Bend were nice, understated, and appropriate. It will be interesting to see what commerations occur tonight at the Tigers game.

I've been thinking about 9/11 a lot in the past weeks, between the Republican convention and the 9/11 issue of The Newsletter. So, I don't really have anything more to add right now.

'Vette Redux
It turns out that the first Corvette my dad bought had a severely rotted frame; so, he sold it to the folks at Drago's Corvettes for parts, and bought another Corvette they had sitting around. The new 'Vette is a '79 (the first was a '76), purple in color, with the words "Purple Haze" painted over the license plate. Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha! All of the external metal, except for the wheels, was gold, but fortunately Dad had it replaced with the standard chrome/silver. There's a hole in the left front fender, but all in all I like it a lot better than the '76. Not calling this car, now and forever, the Purple Haze just isn't an option.

H-A-N
There are no words written beneath today's smiley face. However, the smiley is made up in such a matter that were there to be a caption, it would very clearly be: "Have a mime night."