I really like how reflective my new rear tire is. I got the other one most of a year ago now. At the time I didn't know what to think of it, but I've grown to like the added visibility that the reflective stripe gives me in lights. This is the first time since the first back tire wore out (maybe eight years ago now) that the tires have matched this much.

     

  

 

     

Malalia Joya spoke at San Jose State on November 9th. Among the things she said was that Afghanistan would be much better off if the US troops would leave. She said her book tells the story of her generation to date, and it does. It also talks about how she became the youngest member of the Loya Jurga, the body that came up with the Constitution later used to elect Hamid Karzai in Afghanistan. I got it that evening and read it while riding trains and buses over the next month or so. It's a good read. After I finished reading the thing, I gave it to my sister.