April 30, 2003
snuck in earlier and posted a bunch of pictures of my new house, taken
last Friday during the home inspection. Feel free to take a look,
or not, as you please. My thoughts these days are consumed by the monumental
hoops of paperwork that I'm jumping through to get the loan situation
resolved properly. I'm surprised they haven't asked for DNA testing, or
comments from 20 of my best friends. Ah, well, I'm sure they want to guarantee
to themselves that I'm not a deadbeat.
The SARS outbreak in China (as well as ancillary appearances in other countries) is perhaps a consequence of the size of the world population, and the inherent danger of being an airline flight away from anywhere in the world. It seems to me that other plagues that may have occurred in the past were ultimately restricted by the inability to be passed on beyond a small region, but these days, with the "global community", any outbreak will impact the entire world. The only upside to this is that it makes infectious disease as a weapon of war significantly less desirable, although I suspect that those who would consider it probably don't care too much if their own populations are decimated, as long as they get their own enemy. The thought process behind such things are hard for me to grasp.
You probably won't be hearing a ton from me next month, as I spend time at work (preparing for a big conference) and packing here at home. Not sure when I'll get connectivity at the new house, either, so we'll have to see.