I had a niece graduate from USC on Friday, and most of the weekend was consumed in consumption, at places like this, this and this, the latter for a Mother’s Day brunch. Family (in-law) barbecues in Cerritos were involved as well.

The commencement was a little deja vuish, because her sister graduated from there a year ago. The commencement speaker was much more impressive last year though. This year’s speech was a trite bit of hackery from Antonio Villaraigosa (current LA mayor), with too much veiled politics in it.