I heard from a customer earlier, that Pope John Paul II has died. Now that I have had a chance to get home I see that it is true. Doesn’t mean a hell of a lot to me, just that a world leader has passed away, but my wife and her family are catholic, so I suppose it is much more important. I called her to let her know. I am more interested in seeing who they pick as the next Pope. I will certainly try to follow that. I remember when he became the pope, but I was 12 at that time, so alot of what I remember is skewed by a 12 year olds memories, which are always larger than life.
History, Part 1
I find it interesting that the older I get, the more “history” that I see. When I was young I used to sort of envy my great-grandmother. She was born in 1883, so had seen all kinds of changes in…