A few things...

Here's a brief and, to me at least, oddly optimistic recent interview with Finkelstein. A great song I somehow only just discovered: Waterloo Sunset (you can disregard the video--a silly montage of pics and album covers). A renewed recommendation of the Independent and the Guardian (see sidebar), this time for their reporting on Israel/Gaza.

Reading of Martial and Aeschylus continues unabated, or at worst only somewhat abated. Cincinnati is cold and was colder. I am more enthused right now about the day off tomorrow than I am about the inauguration the day after that.