I’m excited to get out and pick some apples tomorrow. Beautiful New England is having its last hurrah. After this comes 6 months of ugliness, so its best to savor the tree color as much as possible.

In a controversy the instant we feel anger we have already ceased striving for the truth, and have begun striving for ourselves. – Buddha

“I think all foreigners should stop interfering in the internal affairs of Iraq.” — Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, probably willing to make an exception for the United States, July 21, 2003

A friend of mine, who was certainly one of my two best friends in college, got engaged over the weekend. He did it in a really creative way. I didn’t even know he was thinking of proposing, but could have guessed given the duration of his relationship and how cool his gf is. I found out over Facebook. how lame. We’ve certainly fallen out of touch over the past few months as he’s been lawyering in chicago and i’ve been trying to be successful at a startup. but seriously , getting married and not telling your buddies about it?

i keep thinking, what if Obi-Wan Kenobi had killed Anakin Skywalker on the lava planet of Mustafar? Anakin symbolized Obi-Wan’s weakness and failures. Had Obi-Wan killed Anakin when it was obvious that he’d failed as a Anakin’s instructor and Anakin had crossed to the dark side, the galaxy would have been changed forever. Darth Sidious would not have gotten his apprentice, and the Jedi knights would have survived to this date.

When Obi-Wan had the opportunity to kill Anakin, he should have taken it. Instead he demonstrated the Jedi’s legendary mercy. But perhaps it was actually vindictiveness, as Anakin smoldered on the ground beside his severed limbs. Whatever, Obiwan should have just done it.

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