"the Maria problem"

[melime]

  Amanda N. was down visiting this weekend! It was a most lovely visit; thank you for coming, Amanda! I'm looking forward to seeing you this summer if I can -- we'll have to wait and see, but I'll make sure we do somehow!

She showed me this great link. You all definitely need to read this. I know direpenguin will get a kick out of it especially:

"An Update on the Problem of Maria"