Naps of power

Today was the 6th day of classes this semester. Even though I have not skipped any classes so far, today I did fall asleep for the first time this semester. That will probably set off an unstoppable chain of events of the power-napping-during-class type (damn, Schwartz Auditorium becomes sweltering hot during physics).

"35W is no more"

Shortly after I signed onto AIM earlier this evening, Jimmy IM'ed me to tell me to turn on the news. Being a n00b at televisions in general, since I don't really watch tv, I said that wouldn't be plausible at the moment. Eventually, he told me the Interstate 35W bridge over the Mississippi River in downtown Minneapolis had literally collapsed (and I was like "Holy. Shit."). A few minutes later, it became "breaking news" on cnn.com. I do remember seeing that section of I-35W closed for large-scale construction of some sort when I went home earlier this summer, and apparently it was still under construction as of today. Quite freaky, having a bridge suddenly go out like that.