Notes:

It was hot and sticky outside at lunch. I walked around wandering just how much hotter, dustier and dryer it is in Iraq or Afghanistan in the height of Summer. this thought made me feel much better about walking around on the top floor of the parking garage. The concrete feels some how radiant with reflected heat from the sunshine. I can see a pool in the apartment complex behind the garage. It makes me want to go swimming.

Every one is so concerned over Iran's nuclear program. “Iran needs to reassure international entities about the peaceful nature if its nuclear activities.” No one who has the clout is going to stop Iran from achieving a bomb, or the means to deliver it.