Jack’s Old & Busted Blog

So, we have our enduring image of the war. American troops assisted a crowd of Iraquis in tearing down a statue of Saddam Hussein in the middle of Baghdad. Everyone in our office was fixated on CNN’s coverage, curiously watching and cheering them on. One big guy with a sledgehammer kept at it for a while, actually making a pretty good dent in the base of the statue. It reminded me of college. All they needed was a keg of beer and some Greek letter sweatshirts, and you’d think it was a typical weekend on campus.

No doubt it will be on the covers of Time and Newsweek. It is interesting to me the way images become sysmbols of events. There’s no way to force the issue; it just happens.

So spring has sprung, but you wouldn’t know it from last night. The temp dipped into the high 20s on the hill. I hope the flowers we recently planted survive.
If only the cold would take out all the awful ants!