Happy Memorial Day

I hope everybody's having a great holiday weekend. I had limited battery life while camping at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but I'm back inside a real building now and am putting some posts together (Hot Links will be postponed until Tuesday).

Remember that noon (12 p.m. Pacific, 3 p.m. Eastern) is the official national moment of remembrance. It's a great time to kick off the summer, but sometimes it feels like we might forget why this is "a day off." I got to spend the weekend with a close friend who is serving in the Navy, and he said one of the best things you can do to support our troops is to give blood. Bases frequently hold blood drives, and the Air Force has a base near LAX (USC also has a donation program). That will help ensure that more of our young men and women get to be honored on Veterans Day instead of Memorial Day.

Thanks, peace, and respect to those we have lost at war and to those who continue to serve (including USC ROTC programs).

Photo (via Flickr) by Jim Hinnant, 401st Army Field Support Brigade Public Affairs, taken this morning in Kuwait.