Check your GMU email account for a message. It irks me because they say, and I quote: "As members of the Mason community, we cannot even begin to comprehend the plight of those who are living in the aftermath of the recent tsunami in Asia"

I am sorry, stop the fucking presses. I lived overseas through the worst volcanic eruption of the 20th century. Add to that a Super Category 5 Typhoon (a bit more powerful than a regular category 5, and those are bad enough), and an earthquake and...

Well, I've got a damned good idea what they're going through.