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It’s only 11PM, so Tuesday isn’t over yet. I can still post the haiku and a pic of my newest model build. So without further ado…

#200.
It’s going to rain:
storm clouds, darkening, pregnant,
labor high above.

#204.
Reaching skyward, high
above, grasping through the clouds,
cool, wet, on hot hands.

#232.
Wrinkled velvet skin,
smiling eyes and loving face:
my aging mother.

So, not much else to report. Tomorrow my sister comes down from Boston to visit for the night. I’m hoping to take her to my Wednesday night meeting across the border. These days I usually have a class on Wednesday night, but I’m off tomorrow. It will be good to see those folks after a few weeks.

So the model is of an Albatros C-III, a two-seater used by the Central Powers during WW1 and for many years after the war by other nations in assorted capacities. Sturdy, reliable, pretty quick for its size (88mph) and flew pretty easily. “Albatros” was the name of the company that built them, a company that still builds military aircraft today. This particular craft was made of a laminated pine fuselage, which I tried to capture with the paint job. I think I did OK.

Johnnyboy

With the deluge over and my lazy airplane-building weekend at a close, I have decided to get back on the grindstone tomorrow. I have plenty to do that I have been avoiding.

1. I need to write a short piece about Step 3 for my sponsor, due Tuesday.

2.I should start reading more philosophy, due on the 24th of the month.

3. I am still waiting for a book to arrive, and when it does I can start my CW2/RW homework…
but I can begin that work by trying to find a suitable subject for a paper. It has to be a controversial, hot-button, issue. I am staying away from all the really current news, like the Supreme Court, New Orleans, and whatnot. I figure that the 5 women in my class will have that covered.

Instead I am going to write about depleted uranium munitions. If you don’t know, these are armor piercing shells that, instead of being made out of the more expensive tungsten, are made out of depleted uranium, a waste by-product of nuclear power facilities. It is incredibly heavy and burns at over 600* F. Works great. Kills great. Contaminates even better. Personally I think the whole thing is vile, but I am going to take a stance, in the paper, that is pro-DU. I have my work cut out for me. A quick 15 minute Google turned up lots and lots of anti-DU reports, many from reputable sources, but damn few in support. Those that did support the stuff sited the same rationale I just used. Cheap, effective, tastes great, less filling.

I’ll keep you in the loop…

Johnnyboy