Trotted out to head up to work this morning, grabbed my WSJ, and what to my wondering eyes should appear? Thunder Horse platform listing and threatening to totally disappear. A few years back (2001, perhaps?) the world quietly snickered when PetroBras #5 slid under the surface into the Atlantic, but I wonder what reaction would be like if Thunder Horse matched its fate? In BP & ExxonMobil's defense, there was the small matter of a category 4 hurricane named Dennis. This goes to show that out-engineering nature is simply not possible.
Some wonder what I am doing at this so-called "summer job." I discovered that the short course actually has a website! Crazy. Anyway, http://www.umich.edu/~snssdp.
I purchased my parking permit for next year; I anted up for the Student Yellow and Blue After Hours package. The crux of the issue is that I desire to be able to park at the Hill Street Structure late at night so that if my b-school diligence extends beyond that of the M-Ride bus system I won't have to walk home. Anyway, now my M-Card is a swipe card!

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