December 7, 2007 

ranklin Delano Roosevelt declared Dec. 7, 1941, "a date which will live in infamy." 

I guess I always think of Pearl Harbor on this day, as I have been there twice. I have stood over the USS Arizona on the memorial, which marks the resting place of 1,102 sailors killed that day in that ship alone. Often black oil comes to the surface, which they call 'tears'. Men are still buried within the ship. They will be forever. 

'At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor' by Gordon W. Prange is an extremely comprehensive account of the events leading up to the Pearl Harbor attack. It is a balanced account that gives both the perspective of the Japanese and United States. I recommend you reading it. 

On the homefront here, it is a heatwave of -20C/-4F this morning. I only had to get up twice during the night to toss more fuel on the fire. To tell you how cold it is, they have canceled the Santa Claus parade and rescheduled it for next week when it is warmer. I was in the parade last year and it was pretty brutally cold to be on the float, even in my cold weather gear.

Cinnamon Bear Episode 12: Trapped in a Forest
The lights turn out to be Crazy Quilt's eyes. He explains that some strange force told him to take the silver star to the house where it then disappeared into the forest picture. While walking, the group meet a rhyming rabbit, a bee stings Paddy, and the group becomes terribly lost. They give the Giant's whistle to Crazy Quilt and he accidentally swallows it.