Speaking of flags...

David Barzelay, my infamous successor (and predecessor) as editor-in-chief of The Slant, has an intriguing post about what truly constitutes a flag. It raises a lot of questions.

A commenter subsequently indicated that it is apparently illegal to wear the flag (and also, the University of Southern California seems to have passed quite a few laws on the subject). This means that when I used to wear my old baseball t-shirt with red-and-white bats as stripes and baseballs as stars, I was actually committing a crime. Who knew?

And another quote, this from the illustrious Nelson Muntz: "So burn that flag if you must! But before you do, you'd better burn a few other things! You'd better burn your shirt and your pants! Be sure to burn your TV and car! Oh yeah, and don't forget to burn your house! Because none of those things would exist without six red stripes, seven red stripes, and a helluva lot of stars!"

Song lyric of the day:
"As if it wasn't hard enough
You want to make it so much harder
Now in another world I could learn to forget
But 'til then I'm here making room for new regrets
Some flowers they never bloom, and some flowers just bloom dead"
- the Wallflowers, Some Flowers Bloom Dead