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I read a news story today about a homeless man in Michigan who found $21,000 in savings bonds. The man was searching for bottles to return and came across the bonds in a dumpster; he promptly turned the bonds in to an authority at his shelter, and the authority tracked down the original owner. The owner gave the man a $100 reward, but people from around the nation (and especially around Detroit, where the homeless man lives) have chipped in to give almost $4,000 to the good samaritan. Even people who are homeless have morals (think about the implications of giving away $21,000 when you personally own $0). What a concept. You can read the whole story here, but I just told you the whole thing.

Blogger is currently being persnickety, but, later, I'll try and post some (unrelated) pictures. Today will probably be my last opportunity for a while, as Mom and Dad's internet connection is not, shall we say, supportive of my picture-posting efforts; though, as soon as we re-enter U.S. soil, I will be able to post via cell phone again...

If you hadn’t noticed, it’s been quite some time since I posted. Blogger has been giving me some trouble lately, and, in addition, I haven’t felt particularly inspired. It’s no excuse, of course, but that’s my excuse. Sarah and I have been hanging around the house, in a sort of, it’s-too-hot-to-do-anything-let’s-hang-around-the-house kind of stupor. There have been times that we’ve done things: we take perfunctory walks in the evening. I say perfunctory, but we do enjoy them; of particular note is a trail that winds through the vineyards in the hills above town; I’ll post pictures of the view at some point. Perhaps.

Randy and I have also been playing basketball in the evenings. Yesterday we played at BFA, and then we all (Jan and Sarah too) went to dinner at the Greek restaurant in Kandern. This particular restaurant has a name; however, I don’t know it, because everyone just refers to it as, “The Greek Restaurant”. In any case, the food was great: Sarah ordered her usual (gyros), and I had pork stuffed with goat cheese via Jan’s recommendation. Both the pork and recommendation receive my approval. Tonight, we play more basketball, this time in France, and tomorrow marks our last full day on this leg of the vacation.

Today I got an email with my first syllabus for the M.T.S. I was presently surprised when I bought my books via Amazon: I only had to spend $34. At Calvin, I'm pretty sure I couldn't have gotten the dust jacket for one of my textbooks for that price. Although that's not entirely fair, this was very, very cheap.

This particular class is Introduction to Theology and Ethics. It only meets 3 times (a weekend class), and I have a 15 page paper due on the first day. Whoops. Mom and Dad, if you're listening (and I know you are), there should be some books arriving at your house in the next few days. Just thought I'd get a jump on things.

In other news, it's still hot here, so we're not doing to much today (other than being sticky). Yesterday, Randy and I played some more basketball with the locals, and then we met up with Sarah and Jan downtown (or uptown, or in town; in any case, it's a few hundred yards from where the Kents live). Guebwiller was having a festival of some sort; there were people selling food, live music, traditional Alsacian dancers (which I missed; too bad), and, of course, traditional tourist crap such as purses made from beads that fall off and jewelry made from rocks that fall off. I came away from it with a kebab, so it all worked out in the end.