Monday, June 25, 2007

Knowledge and wisdom?

First, the knowledge: I learned a whole bunch about Douglas MacArthur today by visiting his memorial and museum for a little while this afternoon in Norfolk. I never realized how long he had been a soldier, how much he wanted to be remembered for things other than soldiering, and what precipitated his dismissal by Harry S. Truman in April 1951.





I also discovered that Norfolk is just loaded with wonderful masonry structures. It's everywhere you turn. So is the humidity, but like the breeze, that's just something to be expected in June along the coast.

And now about the wisdom (no photo to illustrate): When you're in a military town, it may not be prudent to tell the barber you think the time has come for a "summer" cut. (It'll grow back in time...)