It's been a strange week. Usually these four day weeks are strange because they throw off the rhythm I get into in a five day week.

Depressing goverment news and uplifting cultural news have permeated the last couple of weeks.

I watched the MTV music video awards last night.

The Beasties performed and received the Video Vanguard award that MTV gives to people who have made strong contributions over the course of their career to music video. They also performed and sounded great.

I am entrenched in the beginnings of one of my death march weeks. I am going on my first vacation in over two years late this month, and I have to get a lot of work out of the way first.

This weekend, I plan to work and sleep.