Eight Years and Thousands Dead Later

I can’t believe it’s been eight years since Rabin was assassinated. Would the world be different if he had lived? I like to think so. The picture of the kid who shot him should be held right next to those of Arafat and Sharon as the three people most responsible for the senseless violence that still plagues the region.
The city of Minneapolis is planning on installing wireless transmitters throughout the dozens of parks and public spaces scattered throughout our fair environs, thus blanketing the city with free or at least low cost Internet access. I wonder if this means I’ll be able to dump my ISP.
Debating with myself whether to watch the Packers-Vikings game tonight. The Packers are notoriously awful when playing in the Metrodome and I’m not sure I want to waste three hours of my life watching them be teh suck.