So far, so good...

Head and neck CT scan this morning looked good! I haven't actually seen the pictures myself but talked to one of the oncology nurses so I'm halfway there. Chest and abdomen scan first thing Thursday so by the the weekend I hope to have an all clear for the time being. If this particular cancer doesn't recur within the first two years it can be considered cured so I am feeling pretty good about my prognosis.

Attended an interesting Honors Council lecture this evening by friend and colleague Tom Murphy. Tom made a useful distinction between history and memory and explored how these shape our interpretation of John Kerry's Viet Nam era experiences. He raised what I thought was a particularly interesting question: why are Kerry's fellow dissenters not publicly proclaiming his resistance to a war now almost universally acknowledged to have been misguided and counter to both our long term interests and our most noble ideals? Tom didn't have an answer but it is a question that needs to be raised...I'd feel better about Kerry if he and his backers weren't (apparently) running away from his obviously deeply felt and morally courageous convictions. On an election related note, the LA Times has a user friendly interactive electoral college map that clearly shows why George, Dick, and Johns will be spending quite a bit of time in the upper midwest this week! /dps