Clinical Dependency on the Internet
I lost access to the internet and email today at my office...fortunately, it was relatively late in the day so it did not wreak havoc, but if it continues tomorrow, it will be a major issue...will have to come work from home. I blamed AT&T until the DSL was thoroughly tested...so it may be the DSL modem, the router, or the network server. I sometimes loathe those machines...they're so vindictive!

Condo Mexico Update
I was anxious to get home to check email to learn whether I had received any more word from the Mexican real estate agent I asked to submit on a condo on my behalf. I heard from him earlier...another bid has been submitted and the seller has until Wednesday to respond. So, my guess is my wife and I will have to keep looking.

Barra de Navidad
Last night, after watching 24, I surfed the internet, looking for information about some of the places my Falba-based brother told me about. I found a number of interesting-looking places in Barra de Navidad, Jalisco, a small seaside town on the Pacific coast. My brother fell in love with the place. I found some webpages with photos that help explain why. Here is a link to a panoramic photo (use the navigation bar to view the full panorama) and here is another panorama. It's much warmer than Ajijic, where I am aiming to get to, but it does look inviting. I used to really enjoy salt water fishing (I was almost a fanatic about it when I was in high school); I bet I could enjoy it again in Barra de Navidad. An interesting place I came across is Coco Cabañas, which advertises itself as a solar-powered seaside inn...with a Thai Asian fusion restaurant.

National Embarrassmints
A woman who works with me went to breakfast today with some hotel reps from a new hotel property. The reps apparently heard about her political leanings, so they presented her with a little tin of mints with a doctored photo of George Bush (and some uncomplimentary comments about him). The "brand name" of the mints: National Embarrassmints.

My Recommendations on the Best Use of Sharp Scissors
Speaking of Bush...if I must...I have been reading conservative blogs that say hateful things about all liberals and progressives. They piss me off. I shouldn't read them. But I feel an obligation to tolerate their ranting and raving and blind stupidity so I can learn what the "other side" is saying. But when I read how they suggest that liberals should be physically harmed, as some of them do, it makes me want to....suggest that all peace-loving liberals take a brief hiatus from their gentleness, grab a pair of sharp scissors, and lacerate the jugular veins of at least ten particularly offensive conservatives who call for harming liberals. Just joking! Scissors could be put to better use (though I'm having a tough time remembering what, at the moment...).