Well, thanks, Calliander. I don't drink beer. Ever. But I love saying "Its Miller time" at inappropriate instances. By the way, that "chick" that you showed a photo of. Damn. Down right androgenous.
Anyway. I spent the weekend up at UMASS for a certain conference, the nature of which I will not reveal here, since that particular organization may not wish for me to do so. But anyway, I didn't get a chance to see any of my Insult constituents who tend to hang out in that neck of the woods. The conference sucked. It was just poorly organized, and much of it consisted of childish "ice breaker" activities and pointless workshops. Ugh. Some of it was fun at least. My group sort of snubbed the shitiness that went on. I must say though, you folks have a nice campus up there.
I also have got to say, that it does seem appropriate for the US to appologize for this whole spyplane incident. China would not have a dead pilot if the US hadn't flown its spy planes right up against the borders of international water space. This is a little overblown, though. There is far more to gain than there is to loose by saying that the nation is sorry for the loss of the pilot, so the problem seems really silly. And I understand that China would detain the plane crew for at least a little while. They should let them go soon, but the US has detained Chinese spies in the past, and these Americans were gathering information. It makes sense for China to be able to investigate what the US had found out in their investigations, since our nation does the same when it catches a spy. The incident should certainly be over soon, however. I think apologizing would make it easier for China to over look the whole spying issue. Ah well.