falls church, va
thu 24-oct-02 17:46

Well, the sniper thing seems to be over as far as the killings go. Now all we have to do is listen to the talking heads who will explain everything to us. Never thought that I would watch the FBI arrest a tree stump on CNN! And who would have thought that it would have been in Tacoma Washington and not the Tacoma Park area of Washington DC.

Now, perhaps we can return to what passes for sanity in our area. I am sure that the merchants of Halloween are relieved. Our neighbors have their Halloween decorations up, but I haven't noticed that anyone has new decorations - because that would have necessitated a trip to the mall and a Michael's Store.

Mom and brother both report on a visit to Dad's grave. The Sarge is given credit for WWII, Korea, and 'Nam service. His stone was supposed to say "Gallant Solider, Christian Gentleman". (That was a traditional Civil War era epitaph) But, the Army spelled "Gallant" as "Galiant". I guess the stonecutter's spell checker was disabled. We are happy to leave it that way.

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