I wish everybody would have to have an electric thing implanted in our heads that gave us a shock whenever we did something to disobey the president. Then somehow I get myself elected president.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

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AT LAST!

Pigs can fly, hell is frozen, the slipper finally fits,
and Impossible Dreams really can come true.
The Red Sox have won the World Series!
The 86-year drought ends.
The Boston Red Sox -- yes, the Boston Red Sox! -- are World Series champions at long, long last. No more curse and no doubt about it.

Tonight's eclipse will be visible around much of the world, appearing in European skies early Thursday morning. In the western United States, the eclipse should be visible as the sun sets tonight.


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La Paz is set in a hanging valley at 3,700 metres, with mount Illimani overlooking. The witches market there has some odd things for sale, including dried llama foetuses. In the altiplano one can see vizcacachas from time to time. They look a bit like rabbits but are a lot bigger and their tails are more like that of a squirrel.

I guess more bad things have been done in the name of progress than any other. I myself have been guilty of this. When I was a teen-ager, I stole a car and drove it out into the desert and set it on fire. When the police showed up, I just shrugged and said, "Hey, progress." Boy, did I have a lot to learn.

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