Bill Clinton = serious Hoya fan

Georgetown lines up for one last home game of the season.

The Hoyas did not win today. The game got close toward the end, and we thought we might have had it, but alas, 58-51 Syracuse was the final. It was rough. And those Orange fans are vicious, sore winners. But all was not lost because our favorite Hoya, President Bill Clinton (SFS '68) came with his blue and gray. Catching a glimpse of him leaving the Verizon Center was a pretty awesome silver lining.

Moats and boats and waterfalls

Everyone needs a little bit of this in their lives. Thanks so my dear JDH for sharing:

Borders to close = My library to grow

It makes me sad every time a bookstore -- yes, even a bigtime corporate one -- announces it will be closing. When even Borders declares bankruptcy, as was reported yesterday, it really begins to seem like our only option one day is going to be buying books online -- or worse yet, being restricted to paperless electronic books.

I am not a Kindle reader. There's little I love more than the smell of a new book, and I look at a computer (or iPhone) screen all day, so why would I also want to stare at a screen to read a book? There's nothing cozy about a digital book, even if it does make carting around numerous tomes at once a lighter load.

But enough with my soapbox about why I love the real thing. I'm a card carrying member of more than one public library system (Aren't you? If not, you should be ashamed of yourself! What a public treasure you're missing out on), and I'm the first to admit that books are expensive. So why am I admittedly -- if somewhat ashamedly -- excited that Borders is closing some of its stores? Because that means books for cheap!

According to the Associated Press, Borders is going to close 200 of its 642 stores over the next few weeks and begin pricing merchandise at clearance levels as early as this weekend. That's a short window to buy a lot of books. DCist says three of those locations are right here in the DC metro -- 1801 K Street NW, 5333 Wisconsin Avenue NW, and White Flint in Kensington. On a totally separate note, I wonder what's going to take over what are going to be huge available retail spaces. Yet another silver lining.