Mike Ball

Morning Edition carried a very sad story this morning. It was a commentary by a soon-to-be new father in Baghdad. His final words were

Why would I want to bring an innocent child into a bloody savage world? I don’t. I regret what I did. I got my wife pregnent in Baghdad

It made me cry.

The Supercomputing convention was in Tampa this year, so Flo and I took the opportunity to visit Family and the Roseate. The convention was huge, but exceedingly unexciting, while downtown Tampa was as unappealing as ever. I knocked off a bit early one afternoon to drive out to the Gulf. [read more…]