Passenger deck

Passenger deck, originally uploaded by Radar Rider.

Another picture from the ferry trip Ali and took last November. I don't think I've posted this one before. If I have, well here it is again.

A boy named Chris

Back in the 70's, when I was living in Southern California and attending elementary school there, a student named Chris was also attending the school. He was one or two grades ahead of me, I can't remember which. My memory of events is not very clear due to the passage of time but there came a time when I didn't see him anymore. I didn't really know him, and I didn't notice at the time that he was no longer around until it was explained to me who he actually was.

You see, his full name was Christopher Lutz, and he had once lived with his family in a house in Amityville, New York.

DC's handgun ban struck down

From the article:

A federal appeals court on Friday overturned the District of Columbia's longstanding handgun ban, issuing a decision that will allow the city's citizens to have working firearms in their homes.

In the ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rejected city officials' arguments that the Second Amendment right to bear arms only applied to state militias.

It's a step in the right direction, but there's still a long way to go.