Monday Meanderings - 11.19.2012

The inaugural Austin Formula One race has come and gone, and apparently a good time was had by all. The weather was gorgeous, the crowds were plentiful, and traffic was handled with dispatch. About the only thing we noticed in our part of town was a marked increase in helicopter traffic; didn't notice an increase in rich foreigners in Walmart.

All the equipment, cars, and teams are already on the way to Sao Paulo, Brazil, where they will do it all again this coming weekend! Meanwhile, another hundred thousand people are expected in town for the UT-TCU football game on Thursday. Gotta love this town.

Sometimes you need just a little more information. This past week an article in the ACU Optimist stated: 

"Renovations in the kitchen of Smith-Adams Hall have been completed after a fire...
The fire occurred Oct. 15 when Sean Branchaw, sophomore finance and math major from Derwood, Md., was in the kitchen making smoke bombs. Two fire trucks responded to the call around 11 p.m. and residents were forced to evacuate when the fire alarms went off as smoke was spreading from the kitchen."

I think there is an obvious follow-up question here, but it was not addressed in the column. Inquiring Minds Want to Know.

Is it just me, or does it look like these suspicious-looking boxes are plotting something?