Random

• Hand washing is not enough to stop H1N1 ~ link

• Our son Kent teaches English at Chinju National University of Education in Jinju, South Korea. And he says that the students there just voted to go on strike for a week -- protesting something about job security or salary for graduates (details are lost in translation). At least they didn't vote to strike for a whole semester. That was apparently an option.

• I had some really sweet Asian papaya at the monthly meeting of the Arizona Rare Fruit Growers Association -- sweetest that I've had before. I was able to bring home a dozen seeds.

• The activities which make the most noise and generate the most hype rarely matter much in the overall scheme of things.

• The Phoenix Fire Department has one of the best government sponsored Twitter feeds -- always something educational or interesting. ~ link