There's an article on-line at the Stars and Stripes about Bill Mauldin's funeral. Worth reading.
I added a new link to the Archive section over on the sidebar there, it's called Support This Site and tells you all the nifty things you can do to support myself and hubby-Eric in our internet habit. If nothing else, you should get a laugh out of it.
I was thinking about my college days while woolgathering, and remembered one of my favorite classes. It was taught by Tim Beach and it was standing-room only. The course was human geography, and I lucked into it. I remember being surprised at the way the lecture hall filled up on the first day. I quickly learned that it was because the guy was popular. He was also one of the best lecturers I've ever had the pleasure to listen to. His tests were killer, but his course was so much fun and so interesting that you mostly didn't mind. It was one of his tests that I was recalling the other day. Although the tests were multiple choice (with a class so big, anything else would have been suicidal for grading) they were HARD. I think it was the midterm that I'm remembering. With multiple choice tests, you always read every answer, then pick the best one. You never just pick the first one that sounds right and don't read the rest, because there might be a more correct answer later on. So I'm grinding through this test. Everyone is silent, straining on this thing. And I reach an easy question: "Catal Hyuk and Jericho are?" And the first answer is "A) Two of the first cities." Of course that's right, but I gotta read the rest. I can't remember B and C, it's been so long. But D nearly made me laugh aloud in the middle of that mighty test. That one was "D) Klingon words of affection." I recall stifling my laughter before it got out, and putting my head down for a moment to keep from making any noise. I very nearly marked D just for the heck of it, but I needed a good grade on that test, so I put down the correct answer. It helped, too. I was suddenly feeling much more relaxed. I finished the test quickly and was actually one of the first people to leave. As I handed the test to Dr. Beach on the way out the door I remember asking, "Klingon words of affection?" to which he answered, "Sure! Can't you just hear Worf saying 'Jericho' to someone he loved?" Even now it brings a smile to my face.
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