Bridge

Such a stupid, horrible accident. Why did anyone design a bridge where the entire weight rests on four points only a few feet wide? Why did they design the bridge for the "short term"? And why has no one thought ahead of the costs of repairing and keeping-up with all the millions of crappily constructed bridges in the U.S. when they were designing the infrastructure of a 200+ million vehicle society?

Interstate 35 West before it collapsed:

And another question posed 24 hours after the collapse:
Why hasn't anyone remove the cars from the bridge yet? Why were people left in the cars on the bridge to die, why haven't helicopters airlifted the cars and their occupants if the bridge is so unstable? Why aren't there more divers and rescue people in the water and on the bridge?
Smells of Katrina management if you ask me....

Summer of Travel -Part 1

The summer is flying by with places to go and people to see.

Athens:

I had the amazing good fortune of being sent on a business trip to Athens, Greece in early July. My new school belongs to an international curriculum, and requires teachers to have common training. I didn't expect to like Greece so much, but I definitely want to go back... Met great people and soaked up the beautiful hot sun.

Yes.

Pittsburgh:

Feeling too homesick, decided to fly home early to be with family and friends in late July. Saw Harry Potter, read Harry Potter, spied Harry Potter in everyone's house that I visited..... Played pool, slept in, visited friends in Maryland and Washington D.C.

Ate out at restaurants and visited the National Gallery art museum as well as the glass art show at Phipps botanical gardens.

Wish I could stay a month, but I'm off again tomorrow...