Cleaning out the open tabs

I found this post on Cordelia's Honor very interesting because it approaches Cordelia's "people before principles" philosophy from a different angle than I've generally seen it discussed in fandom, which is overall pretty positive towards the idea. I haven't commented over there (yet?) because I'm not honestly sure how I feel about it -- I mean, generally speaking I completely agree ( spoilers for the book )

But as far as the general "people before principles" thing, I'm really not sure where I stand (I can see both sides, I guess) and I've been sort of musing on it ever since I read the post. (Loads of Vorkosigan-verse spoilers in the link, of course.)

I came across an interesting little article on a rather terrifying airport in Nepal. (Although living in Alaska gives you a different perspective on such things, I guess; I mostly read this thinking, "Yup, that sounds familiar" *g* ... including being weathered in for days at a time, and nearly hitting trees and mountains on takeoff ...)

I swear I had more things I wanted to link to, but I can't remember them now. Also, I kinda feel like I'm coming down with another cold. Yesterday I JUST took the last of the antibiotics that wiped out the thing that knocked me down for the first two weeks of June. I think my warranty has run out! Vitamin C, stat!