I’ve officially became an uncle. Seth Camden was born to sis yesterday evening.
Congratulations to the family.

I was watching part of a Bill Gates interview last night, and among the captions it flashed was one which said Mr. Gates had just six days of vacation between 1978 and 1984.
I hope someone paid that guy for all the time he put in.

South beyond 6K:

There are over 60 summits in the area above 6000 feet, but only 40 were selected by the criteria for the South Beyond 6000. The criteria for selecting peaks are:
1. The summit elevation is above 6000 feet above sea level.
2. There is a drop of 200 or more feet to a saddle between one peak and another qualifying peak or, there is a distance between the peaks of .75 miles.
The 40 peaks are contained within 6 ranges: the Smokies, Plotts, Balsams, Craggies, Blacks, and Roans. The southwestern most peak is Clingmans Dome in the Smokies, while the northernmost is Grassy Ridge in the Roans. All 40 are in North Carolina or on the North Carolina-Tennessee border except Mt. Le Conte, which is within Tennessee.

I knew Western North Carolina is mountainous, but I didn’t fully realize the extent to which it dominates the list.
As far as I can recall, I’ve only hiked up one of the mountains: Mt. LeConte. I’ve also driven and cycled up Clingman’s Dome. Looks like I only have to do about 38 more to complete the list.
UPDATE: More on U.S. mountains here.

Glenn Greenwald examines the rules of commencement address civility:

So, to re-cap the rules: (1) When a pro-war politician gives a pro-war speech as part of a graduation ceremony, and students in the audience heckle and boo him, that shows how Deranged the Angry Left is — because they heckled a pro-war speech. (2) When an anti-war politician gives an anti-war speech as part of a graduation ceremony, and students in the audience heckle, walk out and even riot, that also shows how Angry the Left is — because they “provoked a near riot” by pro-war students.

Yes, that sounds about right.

Interesting that coming off the weekend, an injured horse seemingly got more news coverage than Barry Bonds hitting his 714th home run.